Affe

de-noun

Affe m (weak, genitive Affen, plural Affen, diminutive Äffchen n or Äfflein n, feminine (only for the animal) Äffin)

Affen (genitive)
Affen (plural)
Äffchen (diminutive neuter)
Äfflein (diminutive neuter)
Äffin (feminine)
Affe (nominative singular)
Affen (definite nominative plural)
Affen (genitive singular)
Affen (definite genitive plural)
Affen (dative singular)
Affen (dative definite plural)
Affen (accusative singular)
Affen (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German affe, from Old High German affo, from Proto-West Germanic *apō, from Proto-Germanic *apô.
The sense of drunkenness has been traced to the late 18ᵗʰ century, allegedly playing on the homophony of Czech opice (“monkey or ape”) and opít se (“to get drunk”), though the image of a monkey being a possessing demon is translingual, and thus Spanish mona (“she-ape”) also means drunkenness, Spanish mono (“he-ape”) withdrawal symptoms, English monkey a substance (typically, a recreational drug) addiction.

ellipsis of Fellaffe, a kind of furry military knapsack


Aufzug

Aufzug m (strong, genitive Aufzuges or Aufzugs, plural Aufzüge)

Aufzuges (genitive)
Aufzugs (genitive)
Aufzüge (plural)
Aufzug (nominative singular)
Aufzüge (definite nominative plural)
Aufzuges (genitive singular)
Aufzugs (genitive singular)
Aufzüge (definite genitive plural)
Aufzug (dative singular)
Aufzuge (dative singular)
Aufzügen (dative definite plural)
Aufzug (accusative singular)
Aufzüge (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German ūfzuc, verbal noun of ūfziehen.

Es gibt keinen Aufzug, also musst du die Treppe nehmen.

There's no elevator so you have take the stairs.

ellipsis of Aufzugsanlage: lift, elevator

(gymnastics) ellipsis of Felgaufzug or Hüftaufzug (“upward circle, circle-up”)


Deutschland

de-proper noun

Deutschland n (proper noun, genitive Deutschlands or (optionally with an article) Deutschland)

Deutschlands (genitive)
Deutschland (genitive with-article)
Deutschland (definite nominative singular)
Deutschlands (definite genitive singular)
Deutschland (definite genitive singular with-article)
Deutschland (dative definite singular)
Deutschland (accusative definite singular)
Teutschland (alternative obsolete)

From Middle High German Diutschlant, compound word formed from phrasings like diutsch lant n, diutsche lant n, in diutscheme lande n, ze diutischeme lande n, (in) diutschiu lant n pl. The adjective deutsch is from Middle High German diutsc, diutisch, diutsch, tiutsch, tiusch, from Old High German diutisc (of the people). More at Dutchland.

– will mich Teütschland, mein geliebtes vatterland, worauf ich |: wie sie wissen :| Stolz bin, nicht aufnehmen, so muß im gottes Namen frankreich oder England wieder um einen geschickten Teutschen Mehr reich werden; – und das zur schande der teutschen Nation.

1782 August 17, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Letter to his father:

If Germany, my beloved fatherland, of which I am proud |: as you know :| will not receive me, then, in God’s name, France or England must again be enriched by one more skilful German, and that to the shame of the German nation.

ellipsis of a nation state, the legal person comprising the most part of territory with German dominating, or its territory

ellipsis of Heiliges Römisches Reich Deutscher Nation or heiliges römisches Reich deutscher Nation

Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Bundesrepublik Deutschland#German


Panzer

de-noun

Panzer m (strong, genitive Panzers, plural Panzer)

Panzers (genitive)
Panzer (plural)
Panzer (nominative singular)
Panzer (definite nominative plural)
Panzers (genitive singular)
Panzer (definite genitive plural)
Panzer (dative singular)
Panzern (dative definite plural)
Panzer (accusative singular)
Panzer (accusative definite plural)

Dutch: pantser

Danish: panser

English: panzer

Hungarian: páncél

Ladin: ponzer

Norwegian Bokmål: panser

Norwegian Nynorsk: panser

Polish: pancerz

Russian: панцирь (pancirʹ)

Turkish: panzer

From Middle High German panzer, panzier, from Old French panciere (“coat of mail to protect the belly”), from pance (“paunch, belly”) (compare Medieval Latin panceria, pancerium), from Latin pantex (“paunch, belly”).
See also Pansen.

der

(military) ellipsis of Panzerkampfwagen (“tank”, literally “armored combat vehicle”)


Mercedes

de-noun

Mercedes m (strong, genitive Mercedes, plural Mercedesse)

Mercedes (genitive)
Mercedesse (plural)
Mercedes (nominative singular)
Mercedesse (definite nominative plural)
Mercedes (genitive singular)
Mercedesse (definite genitive plural)
Mercedes (dative singular)
Mercedessen (dative definite plural)
Mercedes (accusative singular)
Mercedesse (accusative definite plural)

(automotive) Mercedes (car manufactured by Mercedes-Benz)


bitte

Ellipsis of ich bitte (dich/Sie) (“I beg (you)”).

ellipsis

excuse me, sorry (request to repeat information)

(sarcastic) OK then, well then, all right (indication of mock acquiescence to someone's apparent demanding attitude)


Verbindung

de-noun

Verbindung f (genitive Verbindung, plural Verbindungen)

Verbindung (genitive)
Verbindungen (plural)
Verbindung (nominative singular)
Verbindungen (definite nominative plural)
Verbindung (genitive singular)
Verbindungen (definite genitive plural)
Verbindung (dative singular)
Verbindungen (dative definite plural)
Verbindung (accusative singular)
Verbindungen (accusative definite plural)


Ajax

de-proper noun

Ajax n (proper noun, strong, genitive Ajax' or (with an article) Ajax)

ellipsis of Ajax Amsterdam (“football club”)


Ave

de-noun

Ave n (strong, genitive Ave or Aves, plural Ave or Aves)

Ave (genitive)
Aves (genitive)
Ave (plural)
Aves (plural)
Ave (nominative singular)
Ave (definite nominative plural)
Aves (definite nominative plural)
Ave (genitive singular)
Aves (genitive singular)
Ave (definite genitive plural)
Aves (definite genitive plural)
Ave (dative singular)
Aven (dative definite plural)
Aves (dative definite plural)
Ave (accusative singular)
Ave (accusative definite plural)
Aves (accusative definite plural)

weiß nicht, ob alte Jacken, alte Hosen, / wenn sie mit Löffeln in den Dosen / rostig und blechern windwärts läuten, / zur Vesper, ob zum Ave läuten, / zum Aufstand aller Vogelscheuchen läuten

1971, Günter Grass, “Die Vogelscheuchen”, in Gesammelte Gedichte, Luchterhand, page 104:

ellipsis of Ave-Maria (“ave, Hail Mary”)


Boulevard

Boulevard m (strong, genitive Boulevards, plural Boulevards)

Boulevards (genitive)
Boulevards (plural)
Boulevard (nominative singular)
Boulevards (definite nominative plural)
Boulevards (genitive singular)
Boulevards (definite genitive plural)
Boulevard (dative singular)
Boulevards (dative definite plural)
Boulevard (accusative singular)
Boulevards (accusative definite plural)

Later 18th century, from French boulevard.

ellipsis of Boulevardpresse (“yellow press”)


Bund

Bund m (strong, genitive Bundes or Bunds, no plural)

Bundes (genitive)
Bunds (genitive)
Bund (nominative singular)
Bundes (genitive singular)
Bunds (genitive singular)
Bund (dative singular)
Bunde (dative singular)
Bund (accusative singular)

→ Polish: bunt
→ Russian: бунт (bunt)

→ Serbo-Croatian: бу̀нт (bùnt)

Ich geh’ zum Bund.

(informal, Germany) ellipsis of Bundeswehr (“German army”)


Creator

Creator m (strong, genitive Creators, plural Creator)

Creators (genitive)
Creator (plural)
Creator (nominative singular)
Creator (definite nominative plural)
Creators (genitive singular)
Creator (definite genitive plural)
Creator (dative singular)
Creator (dative definite plural)
Creator (accusative singular)
Creator (accusative definite plural)

/kɹiˈ(ʔ)ɛɪ̯tɐ/

/kɹiˈjɛɪ̯tɐ/

Unadapted borrowing from English creator.

ubor

(social media) creator, ellipsis of Content Creator


Diesel

de-noun

Diesel m (strong, genitive Diesels or Diesel, plural Diesel)

Diesels (genitive)
Diesel (genitive)
Diesel (plural)
Diesel (nominative singular)
Diesel (definite nominative plural)
Diesels (genitive singular)
Diesel (genitive singular)
Diesel (definite genitive plural)
Diesel (dative singular)
Dieseln (dative definite plural)
Diesel (accusative singular)
Diesel (accusative definite plural)

Named after Rudolf Diesel (1858–1913), the inventor of the Diesel motor. The surname is a variation of Tüssel.

ellipsis of Dieselkraftstoff (“diesel fuel”)

ellipsis of Dieselmotor (“diesel engine”)


Export

Export n (strong, genitive Exports or Export, plural Export)

Exports (genitive)
Export (genitive)
Export (plural)
Export (nominative singular)
Export (definite nominative plural)
Exports (genitive singular)
Export (genitive singular)
Export (definite genitive plural)
Export (dative singular)
Export (dative definite plural)
Export (accusative singular)
Export (accusative definite plural)

Originally brewed for export (out of town or to other regions/states, not necessarily abroad), therefore having a slightly higher original gravity and alcohol percentage.

ellipsis of Exportbier (“kind of lager beer”)


Hand

Hand n or f (strong, genitive Hand, no plural)

From Middle High German hant, from Old High German hant, from Proto-West Germanic *handu, from Proto-Germanic *handuz.
Compare Dutch hand, English hand, West Frisian hân, Danish hånd, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌿𐍃 (handus).

Das war Hand!

Das erste Hand war vor dem Strafraum, aber das zweite hätte Elfmeter geben müssen.

The first handball was outside the box, but the second one should have been a penalty.

„Das war klares Hand, da gibt’s keine Diskussion“, befand FCA-Coach Manuel Baum […].

2017 November 5, Nicole Hornischer, “Videobeweis im Fokus: „Irritation“ um Aufregerszene in Augsburg”, in www.br.de:

(soccer, informal) ellipsis of Handspiel


Henna

Henna n or f (strong, genitive Hennas or Henna, no plural)

Hennas (genitive)
Henna (genitive)
Henna (definite nominative singular)
Hennas (definite genitive singular)
Henna (definite genitive singular)
Henna (dative definite singular)
Henna (accusative definite singular)

Lawsonia inermis
Lawsonia inermis#Translingual

(countable) ellipsis of Hennastrauch: a shrub, Lawsonia inermis


Kater

Kater m (strong, genitive Katers, plural Kater)

Katers (genitive)
Kater (plural)
Kater (nominative singular)
Kater (definite nominative plural)
Katers (genitive singular)
Kater (definite genitive plural)
Kater (dative singular)
Katern (dative definite plural)
Kater (accusative singular)
Kater (accusative definite plural)

→ Dutch: kater

Humorous alteration of Katarrh (“catarrh”), after somewhat older Katzenjammer.

(colloquial) ellipsis of Muskelkater (“sore muscle”)


Lager

Lager n (strong, genitive Lagers, plural Lager or Läger)

Lagers (genitive)
Lager (plural)
Läger (plural)
Lager (nominative singular)
Lager (definite nominative plural)
Läger (definite nominative plural)
Lagers (genitive singular)
Lager (definite genitive plural)
Läger (definite genitive plural)
Lager (dative singular)
Lagern (dative definite plural)
Lägern (dative definite plural)
Lager (accusative singular)
Lager (accusative definite plural)
Läger (accusative definite plural)

→ Czech: lágr

→ Danish: lager

→ Dutch: lager

→ English: laager

→ English: lager

→ Estonian: laager

→ Norwegian:

Norwegian Bokmål: lager

Norwegian Nynorsk: lager

→ Romanian: lagăr

→ Russian: лагерь (lagerʹ)

→ Serbo-Croatian: lȏgor

→ Swedish: lager

From Middle High German leger, from Old High German legar, from Proto-West Germanic *legr.
Cognate with Dutch leger, Middle Low German lēger, English lair, Danish lejr, Norwegian Bokmål leir, Swedish läger (“place to sleep”) and lager (“storage, stock”), Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌲𐍂𐍃 (ligrs).
The modern form with -a- is of East Central German origin, apparently due to influence by the related word Lage. The original form with a front vowel has been preserved as an alternative—albeit fairly rare—plural.

(beer) ellipsis of Lagerbier: lager (beer of low fermentation)


Latte

Latte m or f (strong, genitive Latte, plural Lattes or Latte)

Latte (genitive)
Lattes (plural)
Latte (plural)

Von der Freischankfläche aus sieht man einen französischer Bäcker, der echte Münchner Croissants verkauft. Daneben kann man Latte trinken.

2021 November 6, Andreas Rüttenauer, “Zertifikatehandel mit dem Klimagewissen: Schweinsbraten gegen Waschnüsse”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:


Mark

Mark (genitive)
Mark (plural)
Mark (nominative singular)
Mark (definite nominative plural)
Mark (genitive singular)
Mark (definite genitive plural)
Mark (dative singular)
Mark (dative definite plural)
Mark (accusative singular)
Mark (accusative definite plural)

→ Yiddish: מאַרק (mark)

(historical, informal) ellipsis of Deutsche Mark

(historical, East Germany, 1968–1990) ellipsis of Mark der DDR


Oregano

Oregano m (strong, genitive Oreganos, no plural)

Oreganos (genitive)
Oregano (nominative singular)
Oreganos (genitive singular)
Oregano (dative singular)
Oregano (accusative singular)

19th century, borrowed from Spanish orégano, at first for the New-World species in the Lippia genus. Use for the Mediterranean plant since the latter half of the 20th century (ca. 1970s).

Karibischer Oregano
Karibischer Oregano#German

Mexikanischer Oregano
Mexikanischer Oregano#German

(dated) ellipsis of Karibischer Oregano (“Lippia micromera”) or Mexikanischer Oregano (“Lippia graveolens”)


Papier

Papier n (strong, genitive Papieres or Papiers, plural Papiere)

Papieres (genitive)
Papiers (genitive)
Papiere (plural)
Papier (nominative singular)
Papiere (definite nominative plural)
Papieres (genitive singular)
Papiers (genitive singular)
Papiere (definite genitive plural)
Papier (dative singular)
Papiere (dative singular)
Papieren (dative definite plural)
Papier (accusative singular)
Papiere (accusative definite plural)

→ Hungarian: papír
→ Romanian: papir

→ Romansch: palpiri

→ Serbo-Croatian: papir

→ Silesian: papiōr

→ Ukrainian: папір (papir)

From Middle High German papier, from Old French papier.

(chiefly in the plural) a document or proof, especially ellipsis of Ausweispapier (“identity document, papers”)

(chiefly in the plural, finance, stock market) ellipsis of Wertpapier (“security”)


Pass

Pass m (strong, genitive Passes, plural Pässe)

Passes (genitive)
Pässe (plural)
Pass (nominative singular)
Pässe (definite nominative plural)
Passes (genitive singular)
Pässe (definite genitive plural)
Pass (dative singular)
Passe (dative singular)
Pässen (dative definite plural)
Pass (accusative singular)
Pässe (accusative definite plural)
Paß (alternative proscribed)

Shortening of Early New High German paßport (first recorded 15th century), borrowed from Middle French passe-port or French passeport. Today chiefly used as short form of Reisepass (first recorded 17th century).


Personal

Personal n (strong, genitive Personals, plural Personale)

Personals (genitive)
Personale (plural)
Personal (nominative singular)
Personale (definite nominative plural)
Personals (genitive singular)
Personale (definite genitive plural)
Personal (dative singular)
Personalen (dative definite plural)
Personal (accusative singular)
Personale (accusative definite plural)

(informal) ellipsis of Personalabteilung (“human resources”)


Pilot

Pilot m (weak, genitive Piloten, plural Piloten, feminine Pilotin)

Piloten (genitive)
Piloten (plural)
Pilotin (feminine)
Pilot (nominative singular)
Piloten (definite nominative plural)
Piloten (genitive singular)
Piloten (definite genitive plural)
Piloten (dative singular)
Piloten (dative definite plural)
Piloten (accusative singular)
Piloten (accusative definite plural)

→ Czech: pilot

→ Estonian: piloot

Ca. 1500, from Italian pilota, in part through Middle French pilote.

(film) ellipsis of Pilotfilm or Pilotfolge


Pool

Pool m (strong, genitive Pools or Pool, plural Pools)

Pools (genitive)
Pool (genitive)
Pools (plural)
Pool (nominative singular)
Pools (definite nominative plural)
Pools (genitive singular)
Pool (genitive singular)
Pools (definite genitive plural)
Pool (dative singular)
Pools (dative definite plural)
Pool (accusative singular)
Pools (accusative definite plural)


Pool

Pool n (strong, genitive Pools, no plural)


Sack

Sack m (strong, genitive Sackes or Sacks, plural Säcke, diminutive Säckchen n or Säcklein n)

Sackes (genitive)
Sacks (genitive)
Säcke (plural)
Säckchen (diminutive neuter)
Säcklein (diminutive neuter)
Sack (nominative singular)
Säcke (definite nominative plural)
Sackes (genitive singular)
Sacks (genitive singular)
Säcke (definite genitive plural)
Sack (dative singular)
Sacke (dative singular)
Säcken (dative definite plural)
Sack (accusative singular)
Säcke (accusative definite plural)
S*ck (alternative)

From Middle High German sac, from Old High German sac, from Proto-West Germanic *sakku, from Proto-Germanic *sakkuz, from Latin saccus.
Cognate with Dutch zak, English sack. The sense “man” without doubt partly from “scrotum”, but Sack was also formerly used to refer to the belly or the human body as a whole.

(informal) the sack; ellipsis of Hodensack (“scrotum”)


Stall

Stall m (strong, genitive Stalles or Stalls, plural Ställe, diminutive Ställchen n)

Stalles (genitive)
Stalls (genitive)
Ställe (plural)
Ställchen (diminutive neuter)
Stall (nominative singular)
Ställe (definite nominative plural)
Stalles (genitive singular)
Stalls (genitive singular)
Ställe (definite genitive plural)
Stall (dative singular)
Stalle (dative singular)
Ställen (dative definite plural)
Stall (accusative singular)
Ställe (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German stal, from Old High German stal, from Proto-Germanic *stallaz.

ellipsis of Hosenstall (“fly of trousers”)

(castle studies) ellipsis of Burgstall (“a meagre remainder of a castle less than a ruin”), originally “the place of a castle”


Stein

Stein m (strong, genitive Steins or Steines, plural Steine, diminutive Steinchen n)

Steins (genitive)
Steines (genitive)
Steine (plural)
Steinchen (diminutive neuter)
Stein (nominative singular)
Steine (definite nominative plural)
Steins (genitive singular)
Steines (genitive singular)
Steine (definite genitive plural)
Stein (dative singular)
Steine (dative singular)
Steinen (dative definite plural)
Stein (accusative singular)
Steine (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German stein, from Old High German stein, from Proto-West Germanic *stain, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz (“stone”), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *steyh₂-.
Cognate with Yiddish שטיין (shteyn), Dutch steen, Low German Steen, West Frisian stien, Saterland Frisian Steen, English stone, Danish sten, Swedish sten, Norwegian stein, Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (stains).

(games) ellipsis of Spielstein (“piece, token, tile”)


Verkehr

Verkehr m (strong, genitive Verkehres or Verkehrs, plural Verkehre)

Verkehres (genitive)
Verkehrs (genitive)
Verkehre (plural)
Verkehr (nominative singular)
Verkehre (definite nominative plural)
Verkehres (genitive singular)
Verkehrs (genitive singular)
Verkehre (definite genitive plural)
Verkehr (dative singular)
Verkehre (dative singular)
Verkehren (dative definite plural)
Verkehr (accusative singular)
Verkehre (accusative definite plural)

[fɛɐ̯ˈkeːɐ̯]

Der Verkehr war heute wieder dicht!

ellipsis of Straßenverkehr (“road traffic”)

(euphemistic) ellipsis of Geschlechtsverkehr (“sexual intercourse”)


Bahn

Bahn (genitive)
Bahnen (plural)
Bahn (nominative singular)
Bahnen (definite nominative plural)
Bahn (genitive singular)
Bahnen (definite genitive plural)
Bahn (dative singular)
Bahnen (dative definite plural)
Bahn (accusative singular)
Bahnen (accusative definite plural)

English: gadgetbahn

→ Greater Polish: bana

→ Kashubian: ban

Russian: (Crimean, slang) бан (ban)

→ Silesian: bana

Barren (some speakers chiefly in casual speech)

From Middle High German ban, from Old High German *bana, from Proto-West Germanic *banu, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *banō. Cognate with Luxembourgish Bunn, Dutch baan.

Ich bin auf der Bahn.

(informal) ellipsis of Fahrbahn (“lane [of a road]”)


Wehr

Wehr (genitive)
Wehren (plural)
Wehr (nominative singular)
Wehren (definite nominative plural)
Wehr (genitive singular)
Wehren (definite genitive plural)
Wehr (dative singular)
Wehren (dative definite plural)
Wehr (accusative singular)
Wehren (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German were, from Old High German werī, from Proto-Germanic *warīniz, derived from *warjaną, whence German wehren. Cognate with Dutch weer, Swedish värn and Danish værn.

(informal, regional) ellipsis of Feuerwehr


Aufklärung

Aufklärung f (genitive Aufklärung, plural Aufklärungen)

Aufklärung (genitive)
Aufklärungen (plural)
Aufklärung (nominative singular)
Aufklärungen (definite nominative plural)
Aufklärung (genitive singular)
Aufklärungen (definite genitive plural)
Aufklärung (dative singular)
Aufklärungen (dative definite plural)
Aufklärung (accusative singular)
Aufklärungen (accusative definite plural)

/ˈaʊ̯fˌklɛːʁuŋ/

ellipsis of sexuelle Aufklärung or Sexualaufklärung (“sex education”)


Abnahme

Abnahme f (genitive Abnahme, plural Abnahmen)

Abnahme (genitive)
Abnahmen (plural)
Abnahme (nominative singular)
Abnahmen (definite nominative plural)
Abnahme (genitive singular)
Abnahmen (definite genitive plural)
Abnahme (dative singular)
Abnahmen (dative definite plural)
Abnahme (accusative singular)
Abnahmen (accusative definite plural)

ellipsis of Gewichtsabnahme (“weight loss”)


Hahn

Hahn m (strong or mixed, genitive Hahns or Hahnes, plural Hähne or (dialectal or obsolete) Hahnen, diminutive Hähnchen n or Hähnlein n)

Hahns (genitive)
Hahnes (genitive)
Hähne (plural)
Hahnen (dialectal obsolete plural)
Hähnchen (diminutive neuter)
Hähnlein (diminutive neuter)
Hahn (nominative singular)
Hähne (definite nominative plural)
Hahnen (definite nominative plural)
Hahns (genitive singular)
Hahnes (genitive singular)
Hähne (definite genitive plural)
Hahnen (definite genitive plural)
Hahn (dative singular)
Hahne (dative singular)
Hähnen (dative definite plural)
Hahnen (dative definite plural)
Hahn (accusative singular)
Hähne (accusative definite plural)
Hahnen (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German hane, from Old High German hano. Compare Dutch haan, Danish hane.

ellipsis of Fasshahn or Zapfhahn (“spigot, stopcock”)


Muskatnuss

Muskatnuss f (genitive Muskatnuss, plural Muskatnüsse)

Muskatnuss (genitive)
Muskatnüsse (plural)
Muskatnuss (nominative singular)
Muskatnüsse (definite nominative plural)
Muskatnuss (genitive singular)
Muskatnüsse (definite genitive plural)
Muskatnuss (dative singular)
Muskatnüssen (dative definite plural)
Muskatnuss (accusative singular)
Muskatnüsse (accusative definite plural)
Muskatnuß (alternative)

(countable) ellipsis of Muskatnussbaum (“nutmeg tree”)


Meile

Meile (genitive)
Meilen (plural)
Meile (nominative singular)
Meilen (definite nominative plural)
Meile (genitive singular)
Meilen (definite genitive plural)
Meile (dative singular)
Meilen (dative definite plural)
Meile (accusative singular)
Meilen (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German mīle, from Old High German mīla, ultimately from Latin mīlle.

(nautical, aviation) ellipsis of Seemeile: nautical mile (≈ 1.9 km)


Ampel

Ampel (genitive)
Ampeln (plural)
Ampel (nominative singular)
Ampeln (definite nominative plural)
Ampel (genitive singular)
Ampeln (definite genitive plural)
Ampel (dative singular)
Ampeln (dative definite plural)
Ampel (accusative singular)
Ampeln (accusative definite plural)

→ Swedish: ampel

→ Finnish: amppeli

From Middle High German ampel, ampolle, ampulle, from Old High German ampla, ampulla (“vessel”), from Proto-West Germanic *ampullā (“flask, cruse”). The sense development was vessel → hanging lamp (in or shaped like a vessel) → traffic light. Doublet of Ampulle.

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Alles ist möglich. Das ist bislang die Botschaft, die führende Sozialdemokraten in Berlin und in Düsseldorf verbreiten. Eine Ampel mit FDP und Grünen, eine Minderheitsregierung, Neuwahlen, […]

2010, Der Spiegel, number 22/2010, page 13:

Everything is possible. That is the message that is spread up to now by leading Social Democrats in Berlin and Düsseldorf. A "traffic light coalition" with the FDP and Green Party, a minority government, new elections, […]

Die Ampel hat es vergeigt: Die Fraktionen von SPD, Grünen und FDP im Bundestag hätten verhindern können, dass die AfD den Vorsitzenden des Innenausschusses stellt.

2021 December 8, Gareth Joswig, “Innenausschuss-Vorsitz geht an AfD: Schlecht gewählt”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:

The "traffic light" [government] screwed up: The factions of SPD, Greens, and FDP in the Bundestag [parliament] could have prevented the AfD from getting one of theirs into the position of Chief of the Committee for the Interior.

(German politics, informal) ellipsis of Ampelkoalition


FDP

FDP (genitive)
FDP (nominative singular)
FDP (genitive singular)
FDP (dative singular)
FDP (accusative singular)

FDP.Die Liberalen
w:de:FDP.Die Liberalen

(Swiss politics) ellipsis of FDP.Die Liberalen (“The Liberals (Switzerland)”)


Kanzler

de-noun

Kanzler m (strong, genitive Kanzlers, plural Kanzler, feminine Kanzlerin)

Kanzlers (genitive)
Kanzler (plural)
Kanzlerin (feminine)
Kanzler (nominative singular)
Kanzler (definite nominative plural)
Kanzlers (genitive singular)
Kanzler (definite genitive plural)
Kanzler (dative singular)
Kanzlern (dative definite plural)
Kanzler (accusative singular)
Kanzler (accusative definite plural)
Kantzler (alternative obsolete)

From Middle High German kanzelære, from Old High German canzilāri (ca. 900), borrowed from Late Latin cancellārius, derived from Latin cancellus. By surface analysis, Kanzel + -er, but semantically pertaining more closely to Kanzlei (itself derived from the former). Compare English chancellor.
The use for a head of government developed in a monarchic context from that for a senior administrator. After WWI it was maintained in the newly created republics, particularly as the respective heads of state (Präsident) continued to have far-reaching competences. At least in Germany this is no longer the case, making the title somewhat abstract.

chancellor (title of a head of government)

(Germany, Austria) ellipsis of Bundeskanzler


Kanzlerin

Kanzlerin f (genitive Kanzlerin, plural Kanzlerinnen, masculine Kanzler)

Kanzlerin (genitive)
Kanzlerinnen (plural)
Kanzler (masculine)
Kanzlerin (nominative singular)
Kanzlerinnen (definite nominative plural)
Kanzlerin (genitive singular)
Kanzlerinnen (definite genitive plural)
Kanzlerin (dative singular)
Kanzlerinnen (dative definite plural)
Kanzlerin (accusative singular)
Kanzlerinnen (accusative definite plural)


Bisam

Bisam m or (seldom) n (strong, genitive Bisams, plural Bisame or Bisams)

Bisams (genitive)
Bisame (plural)
Bisams (plural)
Bisam (definite nominative singular)
Bisame (definite nominative plural)
Bisams (definite nominative plural)
Bisams (genitive singular)
Bisame (definite genitive plural)
Bisams (definite genitive plural)
Bisam (dative singular)
Bisamen (dative definite plural)
Bisams (dative definite plural)
Bisam (accusative definite singular)
Bisame (accusative definite plural)
Bisams (accusative definite plural)

→ Dutch: bisam

From Middle High German bisem, from Old High German bisam, bisamo, borrowed from Medieval Latin bisamum, from Hebrew בֹּשֶׂם (bāśām, bōśem, “perfume”). Doublet of Balsam (“balm, balsam”) and Desman.


saugen

de-verb

saugen (weak or class 2 strong, third-person singular present saugt, past tense saugte or sog, past participle gesaugt or gesogen, past subjunctive söge, auxiliary haben)

saugt (present singular third-person)
saugte (past)
sog (past)
gesaugt (participle past)
gesogen (participle past)
söge (past subjunctive)
haben (auxiliary)
haben (auxiliary)
saugen (infinitive)
saugend (participle present)
gesaugt (participle past)
gesogen (participle past)
sauge (first-person indicative present singular)
saugen (first-person indicative plural present)
sauge (first-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
saugen (first-person plural subjunctive subjunctive-i)
saugst (indicative present second-person singular)
saugt (indicative plural present second-person)
saugest (second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
sauget (plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-i)
saugt (indicative present singular third-person)
saugen (indicative plural present third-person)
sauge (singular subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
saugen (plural subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
saugte (first-person indicative preterite singular)
sog (first-person indicative preterite singular)
saugten (first-person indicative plural preterite)
sogen (first-person indicative plural preterite)
söge (first-person formal rare singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
sögen (first-person formal plural rare subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
saugtest (indicative preterite second-person singular)
sogst (indicative preterite second-person singular)
saugtet (indicative plural preterite second-person)
sogt (indicative plural preterite second-person)
sögest (formal rare second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
sögst (formal rare second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
söget (formal plural rare second-person subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
sögt (formal plural rare second-person subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
saugte (indicative preterite singular third-person)
sog (indicative preterite singular third-person)
saugten (indicative plural preterite third-person)
sogen (indicative plural preterite third-person)
söge (formal rare singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
sögen (formal plural rare subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
saug (imperative second-person singular)
sauge (imperative second-person singular)
saugt (imperative plural second-person)
haben (auxiliary)
habe gesaugt (first-person indicative multiword-construction perfect singular)
habe gesogen (first-person indicative multiword-construction perfect singular)
haben gesaugt (first-person indicative multiword-construction perfect plural)
haben gesogen (first-person indicative multiword-construction perfect plural)
habe gesaugt (first-person multiword-construction perfect singular subjunctive)
habe gesogen (first-person multiword-construction perfect singular subjunctive)
haben gesaugt (first-person multiword-construction perfect plural subjunctive)
haben gesogen (first-person multiword-construction perfect plural subjunctive)
hast gesaugt (indicative multiword-construction perfect second-person singular)
hast gesogen (indicative multiword-construction perfect second-person singular)
habt gesaugt (indicative multiword-construction perfect plural second-person)
habt gesogen (indicative multiword-construction perfect plural second-person)
habest gesaugt (multiword-construction perfect second-person singular subjunctive)
habest gesogen (multiword-construction perfect second-person singular subjunctive)
habet gesaugt (multiword-construction perfect plural second-person subjunctive)
habet gesogen (multiword-construction perfect plural second-person subjunctive)
hat gesaugt (indicative multiword-construction perfect singular third-person)
hat gesogen (indicative multiword-construction perfect singular third-person)
haben gesaugt (indicative multiword-construction perfect plural third-person)
haben gesogen (indicative multiword-construction perfect plural third-person)
habe gesaugt (multiword-construction perfect singular subjunctive third-person)
habe gesogen (multiword-construction perfect singular subjunctive third-person)
haben gesaugt (multiword-construction perfect plural subjunctive third-person)
haben gesogen (multiword-construction perfect plural subjunctive third-person)
hatte gesaugt (first-person indicative multiword-construction pluperfect singular)
hatte gesogen (first-person indicative multiword-construction pluperfect singular)
hatten gesaugt (first-person indicative multiword-construction pluperfect plural)
hatten gesogen (first-person indicative multiword-construction pluperfect plural)
hätte gesaugt (first-person multiword-construction pluperfect singular subjunctive)
hätte gesogen (first-person multiword-construction pluperfect singular subjunctive)
hätten gesaugt (first-person multiword-construction pluperfect plural subjunctive)
hätten gesogen (first-person multiword-construction pluperfect plural subjunctive)
hattest gesaugt (indicative multiword-construction pluperfect second-person singular)
hattest gesogen (indicative multiword-construction pluperfect second-person singular)
hattet gesaugt (indicative multiword-construction pluperfect plural second-person)
hattet gesogen (indicative multiword-construction pluperfect plural second-person)
hättest gesaugt (multiword-construction pluperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
hättest gesogen (multiword-construction pluperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
hättet gesaugt (multiword-construction pluperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
hättet gesogen (multiword-construction pluperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
hatte gesaugt (indicative multiword-construction pluperfect singular third-person)
hatte gesogen (indicative multiword-construction pluperfect singular third-person)
hatten gesaugt (indicative multiword-construction pluperfect plural third-person)
hatten gesogen (indicative multiword-construction pluperfect plural third-person)
hätte gesaugt (multiword-construction pluperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
hätte gesogen (multiword-construction pluperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
hätten gesaugt (multiword-construction pluperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
hätten gesogen (multiword-construction pluperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
saugen werden (future future-i infinitive multiword-construction)
werde saugen (first-person future future-i multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werden saugen (first-person future future-i multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werdest saugen (future future-i multiword-construction second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werdet saugen (future future-i multiword-construction plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werde saugen (future future-i multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
werden saugen (future future-i multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
werde saugen (first-person future future-i indicative multiword-construction singular)
werden saugen (first-person future future-i indicative multiword-construction plural)
würde saugen (first-person future future-i multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
würden saugen (first-person future future-i multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
wirst saugen (future future-i indicative multiword-construction second-person singular)
werdet saugen (future future-i indicative multiword-construction plural second-person)
würdest saugen (future future-i multiword-construction second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
würdet saugen (future future-i multiword-construction plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
wird saugen (future future-i indicative multiword-construction singular third-person)
werden saugen (future future-i indicative multiword-construction plural third-person)
würde saugen (future future-i multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
würden saugen (future future-i multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
gesaugt haben werden (future future-ii infinitive multiword-construction)
gesogen haben werden (future future-ii infinitive multiword-construction)
werde gesaugt haben (first-person future future-ii multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werde gesogen haben (first-person future future-ii multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werden gesaugt haben (first-person future future-ii multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werden gesogen haben (first-person future future-ii multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werdest gesaugt haben (future future-ii multiword-construction second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werdest gesogen haben (future future-ii multiword-construction second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werdet gesaugt haben (future future-ii multiword-construction plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werdet gesogen haben (future future-ii multiword-construction plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werde gesaugt haben (future future-ii multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
werde gesogen haben (future future-ii multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
werden gesaugt haben (future future-ii multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
werden gesogen haben (future future-ii multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
werde gesaugt haben (first-person future future-ii indicative multiword-construction singular)
werde gesogen haben (first-person future future-ii indicative multiword-construction singular)
werden gesaugt haben (first-person future future-ii indicative multiword-construction plural)
werden gesogen haben (first-person future future-ii indicative multiword-construction plural)
würde gesaugt haben (first-person future future-ii multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
würde gesogen haben (first-person future future-ii multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
würden gesaugt haben (first-person future future-ii multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
würden gesogen haben (first-person future future-ii multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
wirst gesaugt haben (future future-ii indicative multiword-construction second-person singular)
wirst gesogen haben (future future-ii indicative multiword-construction second-person singular)
werdet gesaugt haben (future future-ii indicative multiword-construction plural second-person)
werdet gesogen haben (future future-ii indicative multiword-construction plural second-person)
würdest gesaugt haben (future future-ii multiword-construction second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
würdest gesogen haben (future future-ii multiword-construction second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
würdet gesaugt haben (future future-ii multiword-construction plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
würdet gesogen haben (future future-ii multiword-construction plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
wird gesaugt haben (future future-ii indicative multiword-construction singular third-person)
wird gesogen haben (future future-ii indicative multiword-construction singular third-person)
werden gesaugt haben (future future-ii indicative multiword-construction plural third-person)
werden gesogen haben (future future-ii indicative multiword-construction plural third-person)
würde gesaugt haben (future future-ii multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
würde gesogen haben (future future-ii multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
würden gesaugt haben (future future-ii multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
würden gesogen haben (future future-ii multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)

From Middle High German sūgen, from Old High German sūgan (“to suck”), from Proto-West Germanic *sūgan, from Proto-Germanic *sūganą, from Proto-Indo-European *sewk-. The sense “be inferior or objectionable”, which was never common and always somewhat jocular or tongue-in-cheek, is a semantic loan from English suck in the same sense.
Compare Low German sugen, Dutch zuigen, Danish suge.

(colloquial) ellipsis of staubsaugen (“to vacuum”)


Hörnchen

de-noun

Hörnchen n (strong, genitive Hörnchens, plural Hörnchen)

Hörnchens (genitive)
Hörnchen (plural)
Hörnchen (nominative singular)
Hörnchen (definite nominative plural)
Hörnchens (genitive singular)
Hörnchen (definite genitive plural)
Hörnchen (dative singular)
Hörnchen (dative definite plural)
Hörnchen (accusative singular)
Hörnchen (accusative definite plural)

ellipsis of Milchhörnchen (“a German pastry, shaped like a croissant”)

Milchhörnchen

ellipsis of Eishörnchen (“ice cream cone”)


Raupe

Raupe f (genitive Raupe, plural Raupen, diminutive Räupchen n or Räuplein n)

Raupe (genitive)
Raupen (plural)
Räupchen (diminutive neuter)
Räuplein (diminutive neuter)
Raupe (nominative singular)
Raupen (definite nominative plural)
Raupe (genitive singular)
Raupen (definite genitive plural)
Raupe (dative singular)
Raupen (dative definite plural)
Raupe (accusative singular)
Raupen (accusative definite plural)

From northern Middle High German rūpe, from Middle Low German rūpe, itself perhaps from Proto-Germanic *rūpō and then probably related with *raupijaną, whence German raufen (“to pluck, pick, harvest”). Cognate with Middle Dutch rupe, whence dialectal Dutch ruip. Also related with standard Dutch rups.

m+

ellipsis of Planierraupe (“caterpillar or caterpillar tractor”)


Rücken

de-noun

Rücken m (strong, genitive Rückens, plural Rücken)

Rückens (genitive)
Rücken (plural)
Rücken (nominative singular)
Rücken (definite nominative plural)
Rückens (genitive singular)
Rücken (definite genitive plural)
Rücken (dative singular)
Rücken (dative definite plural)
Rücken (accusative singular)
Rücken (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German rücke, from Old High German rucki, akin to Old Saxon hruggi, both from Proto-West Germanic *hrugi, from Proto-Germanic *hrugjaz. More at ridge.

Wer so viel malocht wie sie, kriegt irgendwann halt Rücken.

If you work as extraneously as she does, you’re gonna get back pain eventually.

Rücken haben

(informal) ellipsis of Rückenschmerzen; back pain, especially chronic back pain

Der Titel eines Buches wird gewöhnlich auf den Rücken gedruckt.

The title of a book is usually printed on the spine.

ellipsis of Buchrücken (“spine of a book”)


Binde

Binde (genitive)
Binden (plural)
Binde (nominative singular)
Binden (definite nominative plural)
Binde (genitive singular)
Binden (definite genitive plural)
Binde (dative singular)
Binden (dative definite plural)
Binde (accusative singular)
Binden (accusative definite plural)

→ Polish: binda

From Middle High German binde, from Old High German binta, from the root of binden (“to bind”).

ellipsis of Damenbinde; sanitary napkin, menstrual pad, maxi pad


Mantel

Mantel m (strong, genitive Mantels, plural Mäntel, diminutive Mäntelchen n or Mäntlein n)

Mantels (genitive)
Mäntel (plural)
Mäntelchen (diminutive neuter)
Mäntlein (diminutive neuter)
Mantel (nominative singular)
Mäntel (definite nominative plural)
Mantels (genitive singular)
Mäntel (definite genitive plural)
Mantel (dative singular)
Mänteln (dative definite plural)
Mantel (accusative singular)
Mäntel (accusative definite plural)

→ Kashubian: mańtel

→ Norwegian: mantel

→ Polish: mantel

→ Silesian: mantel

→ Swedish: mantel

From Middle High German mantel, from Old High German mantal, from Late Latin mantellum, diminutive of mantum, ultimately from Gaulish.


Flügel

Flügel m (strong, genitive Flügels, plural Flügel, diminutive Flügelchen n or Flüglein n)

Flügels (genitive)
Flügel (plural)
Flügelchen (diminutive neuter)
Flüglein (diminutive neuter)
Flügel (nominative singular)
Flügel (definite nominative plural)
Flügels (genitive singular)
Flügel (definite genitive plural)
Flügel (dative singular)
Flügeln (dative definite plural)
Flügel (accusative singular)
Flügel (accusative definite plural)

→ Danish: flygel

→ Esperanto: flugilo

→ Norwegian Bokmål: flygel

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: flygel

→ Swedish: flygel

From Middle High German vlügel, from Old High German *flugil, from Proto-Germanic *flugilaz. Cognate with Yiddish פֿליגל (fligl), Dutch vleugel, Middle Low German vlȫgel.
The use for the grand piano (18th c.) is due to the similarity in form to a bird’s wing.

(chiefly as Flügelchen) ellipsis of Schwimmflügel (“water wing, armband, swimmy”)


Gehäuse

Gehäuse n (strong, genitive Gehäuses, plural Gehäuse)

Gehäuses (genitive)
Gehäuse (plural)
Gehäuse (nominative singular)
Gehäuse (definite nominative plural)
Gehäuses (genitive singular)
Gehäuse (definite genitive plural)
Gehäuse (dative singular)
Gehäusen (dative definite plural)
Gehäuse (accusative singular)
Gehäuse (accusative definite plural)

From Late Middle High German gehiuse, geheus (15th c.), collective of Middle High German hūs (“house”).

ellipsis of Kerngehäuse (“core of an apple, pear, etc.”)

(ball games slang) ellipsis of Torgehäuse (“post and crossbar of a goal”)


erst

Es ist kalt im Süden. Und im Norden erst!

It is cold in the South. And especially in the North.


Bruch

Bruch m (strong, genitive Bruches or Bruchs, plural Brüche)

Bruches (genitive)
Bruchs (genitive)
Brüche (plural)
Bruch (nominative singular)
Brüche (definite nominative plural)
Bruches (genitive singular)
Bruchs (genitive singular)
Brüche (definite genitive plural)
Bruch (dative singular)
Bruche (dative singular)
Brüchen (dative definite plural)
Bruch (accusative singular)
Brüche (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German bruch, from Old High German bruh, from Proto-West Germanic *bruki. Cognate with English breach.

(slang) ellipsis of Einbruch (“break-in”)


Eichel

Eichel f (genitive Eichel, plural Eicheln)

Eichel (genitive)
Eicheln (plural)
Eichel (nominative singular)
Eicheln (definite nominative plural)
Eichel (genitive singular)
Eicheln (definite genitive plural)
Eichel (dative singular)
Eicheln (dative definite plural)
Eichel (accusative singular)
Eicheln (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German eichel, from Old High German eihhila. Equivalent to Eiche (“oak”) + -el. The sense “glans penis” is a semantic loan from Latin glāns.

(anatomy) glans
ellipsis of Peniseichel (“glans penis”)

ellipsis of Klitoriseichel (“clitoral glans”)


Richtung

Richtung f (genitive Richtung, plural Richtungen)

Richtung (genitive)
Richtungen (plural)
Richtung (nominative singular)
Richtungen (definite nominative plural)
Richtung (genitive singular)
Richtungen (definite genitive plural)
Richtung (dative singular)
Richtungen (dative definite plural)
Richtung (accusative singular)
Richtungen (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German richtunge, from Old High German rihtunga, from Proto-West Germanic *rihtungu. By surface analysis, richten + -ung.

Aus welcher Richtung?

In welche Richtung?

alle Richtungen

(in) Richtung Norden

towards the north, in a northern direction

die verschiedenen Richtungen des Islams

school of thought, branch, subfield (also used in a wider sense of "type" in certain compounds)


Richtung

Ellipsis of "in Richtung" (“in (the) direction (of)”). The usage with the nominative is a result of the original phrase attaching the specific direction as an apposition, leaving it uninflected.

ellipsis

auf dem Weg Richtung Ziel

Wir sind Richtung Strand gegangen.

Wer Polarlichter sehen will, muss Richtung Norden schauen.

If you want to see the northern lights, you have to look towards the north.

Der Zug Richtung Berlin hatte Verspätung.

Die Weltfinanzkrise hat manche Planung über den Haufen geworfen, Mexiko zog in letzter Minute die Bewerbung für die Jugendolympiade zurück. Auch deshalb gehe die Tendenz Richtung Asien, so Schormann.

2010 November 27, Frank Hollmann, “Im Reich der sportlichen Mitte”, in Tagesspiegel, archived from the original on 2025-06-12:

The global financial crisis has thrown a wrench into many a plan, Mexico has withdrawn its application for the Youth Olympic Games at the last minute. This is among the reasons for why the decision is leaning towards Asia, Schormann says.

towards, to (in the context of larger scale orientation; arrival at the location is not implied)


Markt

de-noun

Markt m (strong, genitive Marktes or Markts, plural Märkte)

Marktes (genitive)
Markts (genitive)
Märkte (plural)
Markt (nominative singular)
Märkte (definite nominative plural)
Marktes (genitive singular)
Markts (genitive singular)
Märkte (definite genitive plural)
Markt (dative singular)
Markte (dative singular)
Märkten (dative definite plural)
Markt (accusative singular)
Märkte (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German market, from Old High German marchat, from Proto-West Germanic *markat (“market”).

ellipsis of Marktplatz (“market square”)


selig

de-adj

selig (strong nominative masculine singular seliger, comparative seliger, superlative am seligsten)

seliger (masculine nominative singular strong)
seliger (comparative)
am seligsten (superlative)
selig (masculine predicative singular)
selig (feminine predicative singular)
selig (neuter predicative singular)
selig (plural predicative)
seliger (masculine nominative singular strong without-article)
selige (feminine nominative singular strong without-article)
seliges (neuter nominative singular strong without-article)
selige (nominative plural strong without-article)
seligen (genitive masculine singular strong without-article)
seliger (feminine genitive singular strong without-article)
seligen (genitive neuter singular strong without-article)
seliger (genitive plural strong without-article)
seligem (dative masculine singular strong without-article)
seliger (dative feminine singular strong without-article)
seligem (dative neuter singular strong without-article)
seligen (dative plural strong without-article)
seligen (accusative masculine singular strong without-article)
selige (accusative feminine singular strong without-article)
seliges (accusative neuter singular strong without-article)
selige (accusative plural strong without-article)
der selige (definite includes-article masculine nominative singular weak)
die selige (definite feminine includes-article nominative singular weak)
das selige (definite includes-article neuter nominative singular weak)
die seligen (definite includes-article nominative plural weak)
des seligen (definite genitive includes-article masculine singular weak)
der seligen (definite feminine genitive includes-article singular weak)
des seligen (definite genitive includes-article neuter singular weak)
der seligen (definite genitive includes-article plural weak)
dem seligen (dative definite includes-article masculine singular weak)
der seligen (dative definite feminine includes-article singular weak)
dem seligen (dative definite includes-article neuter singular weak)
den seligen (dative definite includes-article plural weak)
den seligen (accusative definite includes-article masculine singular weak)
die selige (accusative definite feminine includes-article singular weak)
das selige (accusative definite includes-article neuter singular weak)
die seligen (accusative definite includes-article plural weak)
ein seliger (includes-article indefinite masculine mixed nominative singular)
eine selige (feminine includes-article indefinite mixed nominative singular)
ein seliges (includes-article indefinite mixed neuter nominative singular)
seligen (indefinite mixed nominative plural)
keine seligen (includes-article indefinite mixed negative nominative plural)
eines seligen (genitive includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
einer seligen (feminine genitive includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
eines seligen (genitive includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
seligen (genitive indefinite mixed plural)
keiner seligen (genitive includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
einem seligen (dative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
einer seligen (dative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
einem seligen (dative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
seligen (dative indefinite mixed plural)
keinen seligen (dative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
einen seligen (accusative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
eine selige (accusative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
ein seliges (accusative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
seligen (accusative indefinite mixed plural)
keine seligen (accusative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
seliger (comparative masculine predicative singular)
seliger (comparative feminine predicative singular)
seliger (comparative neuter predicative singular)
seliger (comparative plural predicative)
seligerer (comparative masculine nominative singular strong without-article)
seligere (comparative feminine nominative singular strong without-article)
seligeres (comparative neuter nominative singular strong without-article)
seligere (comparative nominative plural strong without-article)
seligeren (comparative genitive masculine singular strong without-article)
seligerer (comparative feminine genitive singular strong without-article)
seligeren (comparative genitive neuter singular strong without-article)
seligerer (comparative genitive plural strong without-article)
seligerem (comparative dative masculine singular strong without-article)
seligerer (comparative dative feminine singular strong without-article)
seligerem (comparative dative neuter singular strong without-article)
seligeren (comparative dative plural strong without-article)
seligeren (accusative comparative masculine singular strong without-article)
seligere (accusative comparative feminine singular strong without-article)
seligeres (accusative comparative neuter singular strong without-article)
seligere (accusative comparative plural strong without-article)
der seligere (comparative definite includes-article masculine nominative singular weak)
die seligere (comparative definite feminine includes-article nominative singular weak)
das seligere (comparative definite includes-article neuter nominative singular weak)
die seligeren (comparative definite includes-article nominative plural weak)
des seligeren (comparative definite genitive includes-article masculine singular weak)
der seligeren (comparative definite feminine genitive includes-article singular weak)
des seligeren (comparative definite genitive includes-article neuter singular weak)
der seligeren (comparative definite genitive includes-article plural weak)
dem seligeren (comparative dative definite includes-article masculine singular weak)
der seligeren (comparative dative definite feminine includes-article singular weak)
dem seligeren (comparative dative definite includes-article neuter singular weak)
den seligeren (comparative dative definite includes-article plural weak)
den seligeren (accusative comparative definite includes-article masculine singular weak)
die seligere (accusative comparative definite feminine includes-article singular weak)
das seligere (accusative comparative definite includes-article neuter singular weak)
die seligeren (accusative comparative definite includes-article plural weak)
ein seligerer (comparative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed nominative singular)
eine seligere (comparative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed nominative singular)
ein seligeres (comparative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter nominative singular)
seligeren (comparative indefinite mixed nominative plural)
keine seligeren (comparative includes-article indefinite mixed negative nominative plural)
eines seligeren (comparative genitive includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
einer seligeren (comparative feminine genitive includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
eines seligeren (comparative genitive includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
seligeren (comparative genitive indefinite mixed plural)
keiner seligeren (comparative genitive includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
einem seligeren (comparative dative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
einer seligeren (comparative dative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
einem seligeren (comparative dative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
seligeren (comparative dative indefinite mixed plural)
keinen seligeren (comparative dative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
einen seligeren (accusative comparative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
eine seligere (accusative comparative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
ein seligeres (accusative comparative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
seligeren (accusative comparative indefinite mixed plural)
keine seligeren (accusative comparative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
am seligsten (masculine predicative singular superlative)
am seligsten (feminine predicative singular superlative)
am seligsten (neuter predicative singular superlative)
am seligsten (plural predicative superlative)
seligster (masculine nominative singular strong superlative without-article)
seligste (feminine nominative singular strong superlative without-article)
seligstes (neuter nominative singular strong superlative without-article)
seligste (nominative plural strong superlative without-article)
seligsten (genitive masculine singular strong superlative without-article)
seligster (feminine genitive singular strong superlative without-article)
seligsten (genitive neuter singular strong superlative without-article)
seligster (genitive plural strong superlative without-article)
seligstem (dative masculine singular strong superlative without-article)
seligster (dative feminine singular strong superlative without-article)
seligstem (dative neuter singular strong superlative without-article)
seligsten (dative plural strong superlative without-article)
seligsten (accusative masculine singular strong superlative without-article)
seligste (accusative feminine singular strong superlative without-article)
seligstes (accusative neuter singular strong superlative without-article)
seligste (accusative plural strong superlative without-article)
der seligste (definite includes-article masculine nominative singular superlative weak)
die seligste (definite feminine includes-article nominative singular superlative weak)
das seligste (definite includes-article neuter nominative singular superlative weak)
die seligsten (definite includes-article nominative plural superlative weak)
des seligsten (definite genitive includes-article masculine singular superlative weak)
der seligsten (definite feminine genitive includes-article singular superlative weak)
des seligsten (definite genitive includes-article neuter singular superlative weak)
der seligsten (definite genitive includes-article plural superlative weak)
dem seligsten (dative definite includes-article masculine singular superlative weak)
der seligsten (dative definite feminine includes-article singular superlative weak)
dem seligsten (dative definite includes-article neuter singular superlative weak)
den seligsten (dative definite includes-article plural superlative weak)
den seligsten (accusative definite includes-article masculine singular superlative weak)
die seligste (accusative definite feminine includes-article singular superlative weak)
das seligste (accusative definite includes-article neuter singular superlative weak)
die seligsten (accusative definite includes-article plural superlative weak)
ein seligster (includes-article indefinite masculine mixed nominative singular superlative)
eine seligste (feminine includes-article indefinite mixed nominative singular superlative)
ein seligstes (includes-article indefinite mixed neuter nominative singular superlative)
seligsten (indefinite mixed nominative plural superlative)
keine seligsten (includes-article indefinite mixed negative nominative plural superlative)
eines seligsten (genitive includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular superlative)
einer seligsten (feminine genitive includes-article indefinite mixed singular superlative)
eines seligsten (genitive includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular superlative)
seligsten (genitive indefinite mixed plural superlative)
keiner seligsten (genitive includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural superlative)
einem seligsten (dative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular superlative)
einer seligsten (dative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular superlative)
einem seligsten (dative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular superlative)
seligsten (dative indefinite mixed plural superlative)
keinen seligsten (dative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural superlative)
einen seligsten (accusative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular superlative)
eine seligste (accusative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular superlative)
ein seligstes (accusative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular superlative)
seligsten (accusative indefinite mixed plural superlative)
keine seligsten (accusative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural superlative)
sälig (alternative obsolete)
seelig (alternative misspelling obsolete)

Etymological Dictionary of the German Language

de:Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

From Middle High German sælic, sælec, nominalized sælde, from Old High German sālīg, nominalized sālida, from Proto-West Germanic *sālīg, derived from *sāli.

Meine Mutter selig hat immer gesagt...

My mother – God rest her soul – used to say... ≈ My late mother used to say...

Gott hab ihn selig
Gott hab ihn selig#German

Gott hab sie selig
Gott hab sie selig#German

(following mention of a dead person) ellipsis of Gott hab ihn selig or Gott hab sie selig


Binse

Binse (genitive)
Binsen (plural)
Binse (nominative singular)
Binsen (definite nominative plural)
Binse (genitive singular)
Binsen (definite genitive plural)
Binse (dative singular)
Binsen (dative definite plural)
Binse (accusative singular)
Binsen (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German bineʒ, from Old High German binuz, from Proto-West Germanic *binut. The idiom “in die Binsen gehen” is explained from the idea of hunted game being lost when the deer has alighted in the plants. It occurs also with Wicken.

Vielleicht wurde die Binse, dass der Weg das Ziel sei, nie beharrlicher besungen als in den Lindenberg-Songs, […]

2016 May 12, Adam Soboczynski, “Ewigkeitsgarantie”, in Die Zeit:


Bügel

de-noun

Bügel m (strong, genitive Bügels, plural Bügel, diminutive Bügelchen n)

Bügels (genitive)
Bügel (plural)
Bügelchen (diminutive neuter)
Bügel (nominative singular)
Bügel (definite nominative plural)
Bügels (genitive singular)
Bügel (definite genitive plural)
Bügel (dative singular)
Bügeln (dative definite plural)
Bügel (accusative singular)
Bügel (accusative definite plural)

Akademie-Verlag
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Schweizerisches Idiotikon
Wolfgang Pfeifer (etymologist)

From Middle High German *bügel (attested as bügele f, later bogell m [15th c.]), from Proto-Germanic *bugilaz, from the root of *beuganą (“to bend, bow”). Cognate with Dutch beugel, Middle Low German bȫgel (earlier already Old Saxon armbugil), Old Norse bygill (whence Danish bøjle etc.).
It seems that the word was originally northern (Low and Central German) and established itself more widely only during the 16th century. The Schweizerisches Idiotikon still considers it “not truly autochthonous” (nicht recht volksmäßig).

a bent or curved piece of metal (or less often other material), a bail, bow, ring, specifically

ellipsis of Kleiderbügel: clothes hanger


Gelb

Gelb n (strong, genitive Gelbs, plural Gelbs)

Gelbs (genitive)
Gelbs (plural)
Gelb (nominative singular)
Gelbs (definite nominative plural)
Gelbs (genitive singular)
Gelbs (definite genitive plural)
Gelb (dative singular)
Gelbs (dative definite plural)
Gelb (accusative singular)
Gelbs (accusative definite plural)


Gesetz

Gesetz n (strong, genitive Gesetzes, plural Gesetze)

Gesetzes (genitive)
Gesetze (plural)
Gesetz (nominative singular)
Gesetze (definite nominative plural)
Gesetzes (genitive singular)
Gesetze (definite genitive plural)
Gesetz (dative singular)
Gesetze (dative singular)
Gesetzen (dative definite plural)
Gesetz (accusative singular)
Gesetze (accusative definite plural)
Gesez (alternative obsolete)

From Middle High German gesetze, gesetzede, from Old High German gisezzida (“fixing, determination, assessment”), from sezzen (“to make sit, set, put”), from Proto-West Germanic *sattjan (“to set, put down”).

der

Hast du dein Gesetz mit?

(colloquial, law) ellipsis of Gesetzessammlung (“lawbook”)


Hammel

de-noun

Hammel m (strong, genitive Hammels, plural Hammel or Hämmel)

Hammels (genitive)
Hammel (plural)
Hämmel (plural)
Hammel (nominative singular)
Hammel (definite nominative plural)
Hämmel (definite nominative plural)
Hammels (genitive singular)
Hammel (definite genitive plural)
Hämmel (definite genitive plural)
Hammel (dative singular)
Hammeln (dative definite plural)
Hämmeln (dative definite plural)
Hammel (accusative singular)
Hammel (accusative definite plural)
Hämmel (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German hamel, from Old High German hamal (“wether”, also an adjective “castrated”), from Proto-Germanic *hamalaz (“mutilated”). Cognate with Dutch hamel.

inh

ellipsis of Hammelfleisch: the meat of a wether used for food; mutton


Klappe

de-noun

Klappe f (genitive Klappe, plural Klappen)

Klappe (genitive)
Klappen (plural)
Klappe (nominative singular)
Klappen (definite nominative plural)
Klappe (genitive singular)
Klappen (definite genitive plural)
Klappe (dative singular)
Klappen (dative definite plural)
Klappe (accusative singular)
Klappen (accusative definite plural)

→ Turkish: klapa

From the verb klappen (“to flap, flip, fold”) and from Middle Low German klappe, kleppe and with influence of French clapet in technical meanings near “valve”.

Das Zerreißen der Schnur unserer Klappe in der Nacht nöthigte uns, die Anker auszuwerfen.

1863 October 9, “[Quoting a letter of a Mr. Nadar from the 5th of October 1863]”, in Mährischer Correspondent, Brünn, page 5:

flap, every technical or natural implement that is bound in front of something or a body part of someone or a beast to obstruct leakage or immissions in either direction and is removed under preintended conditions.

Wenn er Fliegen mit der Klappe totschlug, so tat er dieses mit einer Art von Feierlichkeit, indem er einer jeden mit einem Stücke Messing, das er in der Hand hatte, vorher die Totenglocke läutete.

1785, Karl Philipp Moritz, Anton Reiser, Frankfurt am Main: Insel Verlag, published 1979, pages 28–29:

ellipsis of Fliegenklappe (“fly swatter”)


Klappe

(derogatory) ellipsis of Klappe zu or halt die Klappe: shut your mouth


Versailles

de-proper noun

Versailles n (proper noun, genitive Versailles' or (with an article) Versailles)

Versailles' (genitive)
Versailles (genitive)

Schloss Versailles
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ellipsis of Schloss Versailles (“Palace of Versailles”)

(metonymic) ellipsis of Diktat von Versailles or Versailler Diktat,Versailler Vertrag|t=Treaty of Versailles}}


Schein

de-noun

Schein m (strong, genitive Scheines or Scheins, plural Scheine)

Scheines (genitive)
Scheins (genitive)
Scheine (plural)
Schein (nominative singular)
Scheine (definite nominative plural)
Scheines (genitive singular)
Scheins (genitive singular)
Scheine (definite genitive plural)
Schein (dative singular)
Scheine (dative singular)
Scheinen (dative definite plural)
Schein (accusative singular)
Scheine (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German schīn, Old High German scīn, skīn (“shine, brightness, light, ray”), from Proto-West Germanic *skīn, from Proto-Germanic *skīną. Cognate with Old Norse skína, Old Saxon scīnan, Old English sċīn (“phantom, ghost”), Dutch schijn, English shine, Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌽 (skeinan).

certificate, ticket, bill, note
ellipsis of Geldschein: banknote


Schnitt

Schnitt m (strong, genitive Schnittes or Schnitts, plural Schnitte)

Schnittes (genitive)
Schnitts (genitive)
Schnitte (plural)
Schnitt (nominative singular)
Schnitte (definite nominative plural)
Schnittes (genitive singular)
Schnitts (genitive singular)
Schnitte (definite genitive plural)
Schnitt (dative singular)
Schnitte (dative singular)
Schnitten (dative definite plural)
Schnitt (accusative singular)
Schnitte (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German snit, from Old High German snit, from Proto-West Germanic *snidi, from Proto-Germanic *snidiz.

im Schnitt


Schritt

Schritt m (strong, genitive Schrittes or Schritts, plural Schritte, diminutive Schrittchen n)

Schrittes (genitive)
Schritts (genitive)
Schritte (plural)
Schrittchen (diminutive neuter)
Schritt (nominative singular)
Schritte (definite nominative plural)
Schrittes (genitive singular)
Schritts (genitive singular)
Schritte (definite genitive plural)
Schritt (dative singular)
Schritte (dative singular)
Schritten (dative definite plural)
Schritt (accusative singular)
Schritte (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German schrit, from Old High German scrit, from Proto-Germanic *skriþiz or *skridiz. Compare *skrīþaną (“to walk, crawl”), whence schreiten. Cognate with Dutch schrede.

Fahren Sie Schritt!


Stau

Stau m (strong, genitive Staus, plural Staus or (chiefly for “weirs”) Staue)

Staus (genitive)
Staus (plural)
Staue (plural)
Stau (nominative singular)
Staus (definite nominative plural)
Staue (definite nominative plural)
Staus (genitive singular)
Staus (definite genitive plural)
Staue (definite genitive plural)
Stau (dative singular)
Staus (dative definite plural)
Stauen (dative definite plural)
Stau (accusative singular)
Staus (accusative definite plural)
Staue (accusative definite plural)

18th century, from Low German Stau, from Middle Low German stouw, stouwe (“weir”), probably a back-formation from stouwen (“to stop, dam”), from Old Saxon *stōwa, from Proto-West Germanic *stōu, ultimately derived from Proto-Germanic *stōō (“place”). Cognate with Dutch stuw.
Alternatively the Dutch and Low German forms could be inherited from the Germanic noun (like English stow), but the sense makes a new deverbal derivation more likely.

(especially) ellipsis of Verkehrsstau (“traffic jam”)


Teich

Teich m (strong, genitive Teiches or Teichs, plural Teiche)

Teiches (genitive)
Teichs (genitive)
Teiche (plural)
Teich (nominative singular)
Teiche (definite nominative plural)
Teiches (genitive singular)
Teichs (genitive singular)
Teiche (definite genitive plural)
Teich (dative singular)
Teiche (dative singular)
Teichen (dative definite plural)
Teich (accusative singular)
Teiche (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German tīch, from Old High German *tīh, from Proto-Germanic *dīkaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ-. Doublet of Deich, which is the same word from a West Central German source. Cognate with Yiddish טײַך (taykh), Dutch dijk, English ditch, Icelandic díki.

(colloquial) ellipsis of großer Teich (“Atlantic Ocean”)


Tüte

Tüte f (genitive Tüte, plural Tüten, diminutive Tütchen n)

Tüte (genitive)
Tüten (plural)
Tütchen (diminutive neuter)
Tüte (nominative singular)
Tüten (definite nominative plural)
Tüte (genitive singular)
Tüten (definite genitive plural)
Tüte (dative singular)
Tüten (dative definite plural)
Tüte (accusative singular)
Tüten (accusative definite plural)

Borrowed from Middle Low German tûte, tǖte (“horn, conical paper bag”). Cognate with English tote (“bag”), Dutch tuit (“spout”). Further origin unknown, though has been suggested to be part of a sound-symbolic family of words including Zitze (“teat”).

(Germany, especially eastern regions) ellipsis of Eistüte (“ice cream cone”)


Wache

Wache (genitive)
Wachen (plural)
Wache (nominative singular)
Wachen (definite nominative plural)
Wache (genitive singular)
Wachen (definite genitive plural)
Wache (dative singular)
Wachen (dative definite plural)
Wache (accusative singular)
Wachen (accusative definite plural)

→ Kashubian: wacha

→ Polish: odwach

→ Lithuanian: ãdvokas

From Middle High German wache, from Old High German wacha, from Proto-West Germanic *waku. Cognate with Middle Dutch and Middle Low German wāke, English wake.

ellipsis of Polizeiwache: police station


Kenia

Kenia n (strong, genitive Kenias, no plural)

Kenias (genitive)
Kenia (nominative singular)
Kenias (genitive singular)
Kenia (dative singular)
Kenia (accusative singular)


Dortmund

de-proper noun

Dortmund n (proper noun, genitive Dortmunds or (optionally with an article) Dortmund)

Dortmunds (genitive)
Dortmund (genitive with-article)

From Middle Low German Dortmunde, from Old Saxon Throtmenni. Further origin uncertain. The first component may be Proto-Germanic *þrutō (“throat”).

ellipsis of Borussia Dortmund (“football club”)


Maastricht

Maastricht n (proper noun, strong, genitive Maastrichts)

Maastrichts (genitive)
Mastricht (alternative)
Maestricht (alternative)

From Old High German Mastreth (and various variants), from Proto-West Germanic, from Latin Mosae Traiectum. Contemporary form and spelling influenced by modern Dutch Maastricht.

Maastrichter Vertrag
Maastrichter Vertrag#German


Jamaika

de-noun

Jamaika n (strong, genitive Jamaikas, no plural)

Jamaikas (genitive)
Jamaika (nominative singular)
Jamaikas (genitive singular)
Jamaika (dative singular)
Jamaika (accusative singular)


Pauli

de-proper noun

Pauli n (proper noun, genitive Paulis or (optionally with an article) Pauli)

Paulis (genitive)
Pauli (genitive with-article)

ellipsis of St. Pauli (“quarter of Hamburg”), especially the football club FC St. Pauli


Kapitän

de-noun

Kapitän m (strong, genitive Kapitäns or (rare, nonstandard) Kapitänes, plural Kapitäne, feminine Kapitänin)

Kapitäns (genitive)
Kapitänes (genitive nonstandard rare)
Kapitäne (plural)
Kapitänin (feminine)
Kapitän (nominative singular)
Kapitäne (definite nominative plural)
Kapitäns (genitive singular)
Kapitänes (genitive nonstandard rare singular)
Kapitäne (definite genitive plural)
Kapitän (dative singular)
Kapitäne (dative nonstandard rare singular)
Kapitänen (dative definite plural)
Kapitän (accusative singular)
Kapitäne (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German kapitān, borrowed (13th c.) in the military sense from Old French capitaine (“leader”), from Late Latin capitāneus. The nautical sense (15th c.) follows Italian capitano. The sport sense (early 20th c.) follows English captain.

(military, navy) ellipsis of Kapitän zur See (“captain: high-level officer rank equivalent to an army colonel”)


Delphin

Delphin m (strong, genitive Delphins, plural Delphine)

Delphins (genitive)
Delphine (plural)
Delphin (nominative singular)
Delphine (definite nominative plural)
Delphins (genitive singular)
Delphine (definite genitive plural)
Delphin (dative singular)
Delphinen (dative definite plural)
Delphin (accusative singular)
Delphine (accusative definite plural)
Delfin (alternative)

→ Bulgarian: делфи́н (delfín)

→ Czech: delfín

→ Macedonian: делфин (delfin)

→ Middle Russian: дельфи́нъ (delʹfín)

desctree

Russian: дельфи́н (delʹfín)
→ Armenian: դելֆին (delfin)
→ Bezhta: делфин (delfin)
→ Kazakh: дельфин (delfin)

→ Polish: delfin

→ Old Ruthenian: делфи́нъ (delfín)
Belarusian: дэльфі́н (delʹfín)
Carpathian Rusyn: делфи́н (delfýn)
Ukrainian: дельфі́н (delʹfín)

→ Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic script: дѐлфӣн

Latin script: dèlfīn

→ Slovak: delfín

→ Swedish: delfin

→ Upper Sorbian: delfin

From Middle High German delfīn, telfīn (13th c.), from Latin delphinus. Forms with diphthongization (Delphein) are hardly attestable, meaning that it was not fully integrated before the Modern German period.

(swimming) ellipsis of Delphinschwimmen (“butterfly stroke”)


Muschel

de-noun

Muschel f (genitive Muschel, plural Muscheln)

Muschel (genitive)
Muscheln (plural)
Muschel (nominative singular)
Muscheln (definite nominative plural)
Muschel (genitive singular)
Muscheln (definite genitive plural)
Muschel (dative singular)
Muscheln (dative definite plural)
Muschel (accusative singular)
Muscheln (accusative definite plural)

→ Lower Sorbian: mušla

→ Polish: muszla

From Middle High German muschel, from Old High German muscula, from Proto-West Germanic *muskulā (“mussel”). Doublet of Muskel.


Rüstung

Rüstung f (genitive Rüstung, plural Rüstungen)

Rüstung (genitive)
Rüstungen (plural)
Rüstung (nominative singular)
Rüstungen (definite nominative plural)
Rüstung (genitive singular)
Rüstungen (definite genitive plural)
Rüstung (dative singular)
Rüstungen (dative definite plural)
Rüstung (accusative singular)
Rüstungen (accusative definite plural)

16th century, from rüsten + -ung. Old High German had hrust (“armour”), but this was ousted in Middle High German by different lexemes such as panzier, harnasch. Old High German hrustunga is morphologically identical but had a general meaning of “installation, trappings” and remained without continuation.

(uncountable) arms industry, ellipsis of Rüstungsindustrie


Meiler

Meiler m (strong, genitive Meilers, plural Meiler)

Meilers (genitive)
Meiler (plural)
Meiler (nominative singular)
Meiler (definite nominative plural)
Meilers (genitive singular)
Meiler (definite genitive plural)
Meiler (dative singular)
Meilern (dative definite plural)
Meiler (accusative singular)
Meiler (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German mīler, from Medieval Latin miliarium (“a quantity of a thousand pieces”), referring to the layers of logs built up to form the kiln, from Latin mille (“thousand”).

der

an earth mound kiln, a clamp (an improvised structure built by covering stacked materials with a layer of earth in order to control the combustion intensity).

ellipsis of Kohlenmeiler: a charcoal pile or charcoal clamp (an earth mound kiln specifically as used for the manufacture of charcoal)

Kohlenmeiler

Betreiber von Atomkraftwerken müssen künftig eine neue Brennelementesteuer entrichten. Im Gegenzug werden die Laufzeiten der Meiler verlängert.

2010, Der Spiegel, number 23/2010, page 31:

Operators of nuclear power plants have to pay a new tax on fuel rods in the future. In return the operating lives of the reactors will be extended.

(dated or informal) ellipsis of Atommeiler (“atomic pile”) (a kind of nuclear reactor), based on the design resemblance of early nuclear reactors to the traditional 'pile'

Atommeiler

Brüssel will Investitionen in Atom- und Gasmeiler für nachhaltig erklären.

2022 January 14, Björn Finke, “Atomkraft? Ja, bitte”, in Süddeutsche Zeitung, archived from the original on 2022-05-01:

Brussels wants to declare investments in nuclear and gas power plants sustainable.

Die Technik für den Solarpark in Dubai ist damit in der Errichtung noch doppelt so teuer wie die für den deutschen Braunkohlemeiler.

2022 April 30, Thomas Kuhn, “Wo eine Kilowattstunde Grünstrom nur zwei Cent kostet”, in Wirtschaftswoche, archived from the original on 2023-03-14:

The equipment for the solarpark in Dubai is therefore twice as expensive to build as that for the German lignite-fired power plant.

(rare) (by extension) a power station in general.


Fahrstuhl

de-noun

Fahrstuhl m (strong, genitive Fahrstuhls, plural Fahrstühle)

Fahrstuhls (genitive)
Fahrstühle (plural)
Fahrstuhl (nominative singular)
Fahrstühle (definite nominative plural)
Fahrstuhls (genitive singular)
Fahrstühle (definite genitive plural)
Fahrstuhl (dative singular)
Fahrstühlen (dative definite plural)
Fahrstuhl (accusative singular)
Fahrstühle (accusative definite plural)

ellipsis of Krankenfahrstuhl: wheelchair


Mechaniker

Mechaniker m (strong, genitive Mechanikers, plural Mechaniker, feminine Mechanikerin)

Mechanikers (genitive)
Mechaniker (plural)
Mechanikerin (feminine)
Mechaniker (nominative singular)
Mechaniker (definite nominative plural)
Mechanikers (genitive singular)
Mechaniker (definite genitive plural)
Mechaniker (dative singular)
Mechanikern (dative definite plural)
Mechaniker (accusative singular)
Mechaniker (accusative definite plural)

(colloquial) ellipsis of Automechaniker; auto mechanic


Siedlung

Siedlung f (genitive Siedlung, plural Siedlungen)

Siedlung (genitive)
Siedlungen (plural)
Siedlung (nominative singular)
Siedlungen (definite nominative plural)
Siedlung (genitive singular)
Siedlungen (definite genitive plural)
Siedlung (dative singular)
Siedlungen (dative definite plural)
Siedlung (accusative singular)
Siedlungen (accusative definite plural)

Er wohnt bei mir in der Siedlung.

ellipsis of Wohnsiedlung (“housing estate”)


Kasse

Kasse (genitive)
Kassen (plural)
Kasse (nominative singular)
Kassen (definite nominative plural)
Kasse (genitive singular)
Kassen (definite genitive plural)
Kasse (dative singular)
Kassen (dative definite plural)
Kasse (accusative singular)
Kassen (accusative definite plural)
Kassa (alternative Austria)

Borrowed from Italian cassa, from Latin capsa.

Weil die Regierung keine Lösung für die Finanzmisere im Gesundheitswesen findet, droht zahlreichen Kassen der Bankrott.

2010 June 13, Der Spiegel, number 24, page 76:

Because the government does not find a solution for the desperate financial situation in the health care sector, numerous health insurance institutions are threatened by bankruptcy.

(informal) ellipsis of Krankenkasse; health insurance institution


Margherita

Margherita f (genitive Margherita, plural Margheritas or Margherita)

Margherita (genitive)
Margheritas (plural)
Margherita (plural)
Margherita (nominative singular)
Margheritas (definite nominative plural)
Margherita (definite nominative plural)
Margherita (genitive singular)
Margheritas (definite genitive plural)
Margherita (definite genitive plural)
Margherita (dative singular)
Margheritas (dative definite plural)
Margherita (dative definite plural)
Margherita (accusative singular)
Margheritas (accusative definite plural)
Margherita (accusative definite plural)

Pizza Margherita
Pizza Margherita#German


Programm

Programm n (strong, genitive Programmes or Programms, plural Programme)

Programmes (genitive)
Programms (genitive)
Programme (plural)
Programm (nominative singular)
Programme (definite nominative plural)
Programmes (genitive singular)
Programms (genitive singular)
Programme (definite genitive plural)
Programm (dative singular)
Programme (dative singular)
Programmen (dative definite plural)
Programm (accusative singular)
Programme (accusative definite plural)

From Latin programma (partly through French programme), from Ancient Greek πρόγραμμα (prógramma).

Die Sendung läuft im dritten Programm.

(television, radio) schedule; programming (whole of a station’s shows; their chronological order; a list thereof)

(loosely, dated) ellipsis of Fernsehprogramm; television station


Karte

Karte f (genitive Karte, plural Karten, diminutive Kärtchen n)

Karte (genitive)
Karten (plural)
Kärtchen (diminutive neuter)
Karte (nominative singular)
Karten (definite nominative plural)
Karte (genitive singular)
Karten (definite genitive plural)
Karte (dative singular)
Karten (dative definite plural)
Karte (accusative singular)
Karten (accusative definite plural)
Charte (alternative obsolete)
Carte (alternative obsolete)

→ Japanese: カルテ (karute)

→ Latvian: karte, kārts

→ Polish: karta (see there for further descendants)

→ Yiddish: קאַרטע (karte)

From Late Middle High German karte (“stiff sheet of paper”), from Old French carte, from Latin charta, from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs). Compare Dutch kaart, English card, Yiddish קאָרט (kort), Low German Kaart, Koort. Doublet of Charta, Charte, Karton, and Kartonage. See also Charter.


Quadrat

de-noun

Quadrat n (strong, genitive Quadrats or Quadrates, plural Quadrate)

Quadrats (genitive)
Quadrates (genitive)
Quadrate (plural)
Quadrat (nominative singular)
Quadrate (definite nominative plural)
Quadrats (genitive singular)
Quadrates (genitive singular)
Quadrate (definite genitive plural)
Quadrat (dative singular)
Quadrate (dative singular)
Quadraten (dative definite plural)
Quadrat (accusative singular)
Quadrate (accusative definite plural)

→ Romanian: cvadrat

From Late Middle High German quadrāt(e) (ca. 1400), from Latin quadrātus.

A Quadrat plus B Quadrat gleich C Quadrat.

A squared plus B squared equals C squared.

(postpositioned) ellipsis of im Quadrat or zum Quadrat (“squared”)


Döner

Döner m or (uncommon, see usage notes) n (strong, genitive Döners, plural Döner)

Döners (genitive)
Döner (plural)
Döner (definite nominative singular)
Döner (definite nominative plural)
Döners (genitive singular)
Döner (definite genitive plural)
Döner (dative singular)
Dönern (dative definite plural)
Döner (accusative definite singular)
Döner (accusative definite plural)

Einen Döner, bitte!

„Ein Döner müsste eigentlich 7,30 Euro kosten“, sagte Gürsel Ülber, der Vorstandsvorsitzende des Vereins türkischer Dönerhersteller in Europa. Für die Teigtasche mit Soße, Salat und Fleisch waren in der Hauptstadt für lange Zeit Preise um 3,50 Euro üblich.

2022 April 16, “Döner wird teurer – Fritten und Burger auch: „Müsste eigentlich 7,30 Euro kosten“”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:

Und wenn Elon Musk auf die Frage, was sein Lieblingsessen in Deutschland sei, antwortet: „Der Döner!“, dann ist klar: Der Döner gehört inzwischen zur deutschen Identität.

2022 November 9, Eberhard Seidel, “Inflation und Preissteigerung: Die #Dönerflation ist überfällig”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:

(countable) ellipsis of Döner Kebab (“doner kebab”) (oriental dish including meat roasted on a revolving spit; a common snack in Germany, usually served in a sandwich with salad and sauce)


Gips

Gips m (strong, genitive Gipses, plural Gipse)

Gipses (genitive)
Gipse (plural)
Gips (nominative singular)
Gipse (definite nominative plural)
Gipses (genitive singular)
Gipse (definite genitive plural)
Gips (dative singular)
Gipse (dative singular)
Gipsen (dative definite plural)
Gips (accusative singular)
Gipse (accusative definite plural)
Gyps (alternative obsolete)

→ Romanian: ghips

→ Russian: гипс (gips) (see there for further descendants)

→ Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic script: гипс

Latin script: gips

From Middle High German gips, from late Old High German gips, from Proto-West Germanic *gips.

Er hat einen Gips angelegt bekommen.

ellipsis of Gipsverband (“cast for a broken bone”)


Kurve

Kurve (genitive)
Kurven (plural)
Kurve (nominative singular)
Kurven (definite nominative plural)
Kurve (genitive singular)
Kurven (definite genitive plural)
Kurve (dative singular)
Kurven (dative definite plural)
Kurve (accusative singular)
Kurven (accusative definite plural)

(sports, chiefly soccer) ellipsis of Fankurve


Nippel

Nippel m (strong, genitive Nippels, plural Nippel)

Nippels (genitive)
Nippel (plural)
Nippel (nominative singular)
Nippel (definite nominative plural)
Nippels (genitive singular)
Nippel (definite genitive plural)
Nippel (dative singular)
Nippeln (dative definite plural)
Nippel (accusative singular)
Nippel (accusative definite plural)

→ Danish: nippel

(cycling) ellipsis of Speichennippel (“spoke nipple”)


Murmel

Murmel n (strong, genitive Murmels, plural Murmel)

Murmels (genitive)
Murmel (plural)
Murmel (nominative singular)
Murmel (definite nominative plural)
Murmels (genitive singular)
Murmel (definite genitive plural)
Murmel (dative singular)
Murmeln (dative definite plural)
Murmel (accusative singular)
Murmel (accusative definite plural)

Back-formation from Murmeltier, which see.

Die fünf Murmel auf der Almwiese erstarrten.

1988, Lothar Streblow, Murru, das Murmeltier, Loewe Verlag:

The five marmots on the alpine meadow froze in awe.

(regional, informal, hunting) ellipsis of Murmeltier (“marmot”)


Ablöse

Ablöse f (genitive Ablöse, plural Ablösen)

Ablöse (genitive)
Ablösen (plural)
Ablöse (nominative singular)
Ablösen (definite nominative plural)
Ablöse (genitive singular)
Ablösen (definite genitive plural)
Ablöse (dative singular)
Ablösen (dative definite plural)
Ablöse (accusative singular)
Ablösen (accusative definite plural)

(rented dwelling) one-off payment (to previous tenant for immovable installations)

ellipsis of Ablösesumme or Ablösegeld
(sports) transfer fee

ellipsis of Ablösesumme or Ablösegeld
transfer fee


Pille

Pille f (genitive Pille, plural Pillen, diminutive Pillchen n)

Pille (genitive)
Pillen (plural)
Pillchen (diminutive neuter)
Pille (nominative singular)
Pillen (definite nominative plural)
Pille (genitive singular)
Pillen (definite genitive plural)
Pille (dative singular)
Pillen (dative definite plural)
Pille (accusative singular)
Pillen (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German pille, from Latin pilula (“little ball”).

die Pille nehmen

(informal, with article) ellipsis of Antibabypille (“contraceptive pill”)


Berliner

Berliner m (strong, genitive Berliners, plural Berliner, feminine Berlinerin)

Berliners (genitive)
Berliner (plural)
Berlinerin (feminine)
Berliner (nominative singular)
Berliner (definite nominative plural)
Berliners (genitive singular)
Berliner (definite genitive plural)
Berliner (dative singular)
Berlinern (dative definite plural)
Berliner (accusative singular)
Berliner (accusative definite plural)
Berl. (alternative abbreviation)

Berliner (male or of unspecified sex) (a native or inhabitant of Berlin)


Berliner

de-adj

Berliner (indeclinable, no predicative form)

berliner (alternative adjective dated)
Berl. (alternative abbreviation)

Besucher finden die Berliner Museen sehr interessant.

Visitors find Berlin’s museums very interesting.


Berliner

de-noun

Berliner m (strong, genitive Berliners, plural Berliner)

Berliners (genitive)
Berliner (plural)
Berliner (nominative singular)
Berliner (definite nominative plural)
Berliners (genitive singular)
Berliner (definite genitive plural)
Berliner (dative singular)
Berlinern (dative definite plural)
Berliner (accusative singular)
Berliner (accusative definite plural)
Berl. (alternative abbreviation)

Ellipsis of Berliner Pfannkuchen and/or Berliner Ballen.

Berliner (a pastry similar to a doughnut (donut), with a sweet filling)


Rücktritt

Rücktritt m (strong, genitive Rücktrittes or Rücktritts, plural Rücktritte)

Rücktrittes (genitive)
Rücktritts (genitive)
Rücktritte (plural)
Rücktritt (nominative singular)
Rücktritte (definite nominative plural)
Rücktrittes (genitive singular)
Rücktritts (genitive singular)
Rücktritte (definite genitive plural)
Rücktritt (dative singular)
Rücktritte (dative singular)
Rücktritten (dative definite plural)
Rücktritt (accusative singular)
Rücktritte (accusative definite plural)

[ˈʁʏkʰˌtʁɪtʰ]

(cycling) ellipsis of Rücktrittbremse (“back pedal brake”)


Karabiner

Karabiner m (strong, genitive Karabiners, plural Karabiner)

Karabiners (genitive)
Karabiner (plural)
Karabiner (nominative singular)
Karabiner (definite nominative plural)
Karabiners (genitive singular)
Karabiner (definite genitive plural)
Karabiner (dative singular)
Karabinern (dative definite plural)
Karabiner (accusative singular)
Karabiner (accusative definite plural)

Beim Abseilen benutzt er Karabiner.

ellipsis of Karabinerhaken (“carabiner, kind of hook”)


Konjunktur

Konjunktur f (genitive Konjunktur, plural Konjunkturen)

Konjunktur (genitive)
Konjunkturen (plural)
Konjunktur (nominative singular)
Konjunkturen (definite nominative plural)
Konjunktur (genitive singular)
Konjunkturen (definite genitive plural)
Konjunktur (dative singular)
Konjunkturen (dative definite plural)
Konjunktur (accusative singular)
Konjunkturen (accusative definite plural)
Conjunctur (alternative obsolete)

From Medieval Latin coniunctūra, from coniunctus (“linked”).

ellipsis of Hochkonjunktur; economic boom


Benz

Benz m (strong, genitive Benzes, plural Benze)

Benzes (genitive)
Benze (plural)
Benz (nominative singular)
Benze (definite nominative plural)
Benzes (genitive singular)
Benze (definite genitive plural)
Benz (dative singular)
Benze (dative singular)
Benzen (dative definite plural)
Benz (accusative singular)
Benze (accusative definite plural)
Bentz (alternative)

Sonne geht unter, Herzschlag geht hoch / Steig in mein' Benz, fahr endlich los

2017, “Das Feeling ist sensational”, in Flash, performed by Fünf Sterne deluxe:

(automotive, informal) ellipsis of Mercedes-Benz; a Merc


Tach

(colloquial) ellipsis of guten Tag (“good day”)


Lenker

Lenker m (strong, genitive Lenkers, plural Lenker, feminine Lenkerin)

Lenkers (genitive)
Lenker (plural)
Lenkerin (feminine)
Lenker (nominative singular)
Lenker (definite nominative plural)
Lenkers (genitive singular)
Lenker (definite genitive plural)
Lenker (dative singular)
Lenkern (dative definite plural)
Lenker (accusative singular)
Lenker (accusative definite plural)

(chiefly Austria, Switzerland) ellipsis of Fahrzeuglenker


Finanz

Finanz f (genitive Finanz, plural Finanzen)

Finanz (genitive)
Finanzen (plural)
Finanz (nominative singular)
Finanzen (definite nominative plural)
Finanz (genitive singular)
Finanzen (definite genitive plural)
Finanz (dative singular)
Finanzen (dative definite plural)
Finanz (accusative singular)
Finanzen (accusative definite plural)

→ Czech: finance

Back-formation from Finanzen, from French finance(s).

Wie zahlreiche internationale Marken verlagerte Lutz Gewinne in Länder mit niedrigeren Abgaben, was die Finanz auf den Plan rief.

2025 January 11, Verena Kainrath, “Die Familie XXXLutz: Mächtig, reich und verschwiegen”, in der Standard:

ellipsis of Finanzverwaltung (“tax authorities”)


Weiden

de-proper noun

Weiden n (proper noun, genitive Weidens or (optionally with an article) Weiden)

Weidens (genitive)
Weiden (genitive with-article)

Weiden in der Oberpfalz
Weiden in der Oberpfalz#German


Mahlzeit

15th century, from Mahl (“meal”) + Zeit (“time”). The word Mahl (a spelling variant of Mal) originally meant "mealtime", but was transferred to the meal itself. The compound then assumed the sense "mealtime", but ultimately underwent the same semantic development yet again. Compare Dutch maaltijd, English mealtide, Danish måltid, Icelandic máltíð.

gesegnete Mahlzeit
gesegnete Mahlzeit#German

(colloquial) ellipsis of gesegnete Mahlzeit or prost Mahlzeit (literally “blessed meal”); enjoy your meal!


Curry

Late 18th century, from English curry, from Tamil கறி (kaṟi). One of the few words in which the representation of English /ʌ/ by German /œ/, which was formerly common, remains usual (in this case perhaps reinforced by a "Hurry-furry" merging pronunciation used by some English speakers in North America, /kɜɹi/).

Eine Curry mit Pommes, bitte!

Wer hier großzügig wohnt, besitzt nicht selten eine Eigentumswohnung, häufig bezahlt von Mutti und Vati. Samstagvormittag stiefelt man zum Kollwitzmarkt auf eine Curry mit Schampus.

2025 February 21, Simone Schmollack, “AfD in Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg: Der stabile Klischee-Kiez”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:


Deckel

de-noun

Deckel m (strong, genitive Deckels, plural Deckel)

Deckels (genitive)
Deckel (plural)
Deckel (nominative singular)
Deckel (definite nominative plural)
Deckels (genitive singular)
Deckel (definite genitive plural)
Deckel (dative singular)
Deckeln (dative definite plural)
Deckel (accusative singular)
Deckel (accusative definite plural)
Dekkel (alternative)


Halbgott

Halbgott m (strong, genitive Halbgottes or Halbgotts, plural Halbgötter, feminine Halbgöttin)

Halbgottes (genitive)
Halbgotts (genitive)
Halbgötter (plural)
Halbgöttin (feminine)
Halbgott (nominative singular)
Halbgötter (definite nominative plural)
Halbgottes (genitive singular)
Halbgotts (genitive singular)
Halbgötter (definite genitive plural)
Halbgott (dative singular)
Halbgotte (dative singular)
Halbgöttern (dative definite plural)
Halbgott (accusative singular)
Halbgötter (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German *halpgot, from Old High German halbgot. Equivalent to halb + Gott.

Halbgott in Weiß
Halbgott in Weiß#German


Teilchenphysik

Teilchenphysik f (genitive Teilchenphysik, no plural)

Teilchenphysik (genitive)
Teilchenphysik (nominative singular)
Teilchenphysik (genitive singular)
Teilchenphysik (dative singular)
Teilchenphysik (accusative singular)

(physics) ellipsis of Elementarteilchenphysik: particle physics


hacke

Ich bin so hacke, Mann!

(colloquial) ellipsis of hackedicht (“extremely drunk”)


friss oder stirb

Vogel, friss oder stirb
Vogel, friss oder stirb#German

ellipsis of Vogel, friss oder stirb; take it or leave it


Pott

de-proper noun

Pott m (proper noun, strong, genitive Potts)

Das volle alte Ruhrpottklischee: Links die Autobahn, daneben Müllverbrennungsanlage, die alte Kokerei, die Veba- Chemie. […] Hier hat Willi „Ente“ Lippens seine Ranch; er züchtet Pferde und führt eine Ausflugskneipe mit Namen „Mitten im Pott“.

1995 November 10, Bernd Müllender, “Ente, wir danken Sie”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN, page 19:

(informal) ellipsis of Ruhrpott; the Ruhr Area


Lega

Lega (genitive)
Lega (nominative singular)
Lega (genitive singular)
Lega (dative singular)
Lega (accusative singular)

Lega dei Ticinesi
Lega dei Ticinesi#German

(Swiss politics) ellipsis of Lega dei Ticinesi (“Ticino League”)


Borussia

Borussia f (proper noun, genitive Borussia or Borussias)

Borussia (genitive)
Borussias (genitive)
Borussia (nominative singular)
Borussia (genitive singular)
Borussias (genitive singular)
Borussia (dative singular)
Borussia (accusative singular)

Borussia Mönchengladbach
w:de:Borussia Mönchengladbach

ellipsis of Borussia Mönchengladbach, football club in Germany

ellipsis of Borussia Dortmund, football club in Germany


Vorhaben

de-noun

Vorhaben n (strong, genitive Vorhabens, plural Vorhaben)

Vorhabens (genitive)
Vorhaben (plural)
Vorhaben (nominative singular)
Vorhaben (definite nominative plural)
Vorhabens (genitive singular)
Vorhaben (definite genitive plural)
Vorhaben (dative singular)
Vorhaben (dative definite plural)
Vorhaben (accusative singular)
Vorhaben (accusative definite plural)


Asperger

Asperger m (strong, genitive Aspergers, plural Asperger)

Aspergers (genitive)
Asperger (plural)
Asperger (nominative singular)
Asperger (definite nominative plural)
Aspergers (genitive singular)
Asperger (definite genitive plural)
Asperger (dative singular)
Aspergern (dative definite plural)
Asperger (accusative singular)
Asperger (accusative definite plural)

Der Asperger ist mein Begleiter, den ich nicht wie Schmutz von meinem Körper in der Dusche entfernen kann.

2022, Verena “Sieglinde” G[reiner], Unterwegs mit dem Asperger-Syndrom, 2nd edition, Göppingen: Manuela Kinzel Verlag, →ISBN, page 10:

Asperger's accompanies me in such a manner that I could not, as I could with soil, just scrub it off my body.

ellipsis of Asperger-Syndrom (“Asperger's syndrome”)


Mäppchen

Mäppchen n (strong, genitive Mäppchens, plural Mäppchen)

Mäppchens (genitive)
Mäppchen (plural)
Mäppchen (nominative singular)
Mäppchen (definite nominative plural)
Mäppchens (genitive singular)
Mäppchen (definite genitive plural)
Mäppchen (dative singular)
Mäppchen (dative definite plural)
Mäppchen (accusative singular)
Mäppchen (accusative definite plural)

(Germany) ellipsis of Federmäppchen: pencil case


Wechsler

Wechsler m (strong, genitive Wechslers, plural Wechsler, feminine Wechslerin)

Wechslers (genitive)
Wechsler (plural)
Wechslerin (feminine)
Wechsler (nominative singular)
Wechsler (definite nominative plural)
Wechslers (genitive singular)
Wechsler (definite genitive plural)
Wechsler (dative singular)
Wechslern (dative definite plural)
Wechsler (accusative singular)
Wechsler (accusative definite plural)

ellipsis of Geldwechsler (“money changer”)