"Ebene" meaning in German

See Ebene in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈʔeːbənə/ Audio: De-Ebene2.ogg [Germany, Berlin], De-Ebene.ogg
Etymology: From Middle High German ebene, from Old High German ebanī, noun form of eban (“even”) from Proto-Germanic *ebnaz. By surface analysis, eben (“even”) + -e. The sense “plane” is a semantic loan from Latin planum, whereas the sense “storey, floor” is one from English level. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|ebene}} Middle High German ebene, {{inh|de|goh|ebanī}} Old High German ebanī, {{inh|de|gem-pro|*ebnaz}} Proto-Germanic *ebnaz, {{surf|de|eben|-e|gloss1=even}} By surface analysis, eben (“even”) + -e, {{m-g|plane}} “plane”, {{semantic loan|de|la|planum|nocap=1}} semantic loan from Latin planum, {{m-g|storey, floor}} “storey, floor”, {{semantic loan|de|en|level|notext=1}} English level Head templates: {{de-noun|f}} Ebene f (genitive Ebene, plural Ebenen) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Ebene [genitive], Ebenen [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Ebene [nominative, singular], Ebenen [definite, nominative, plural], Ebene [genitive, singular], Ebenen [definite, genitive, plural], Ebene [dative, singular], Ebenen [dative, definite, plural], Ebene [accusative, singular], Ebenen [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. plain Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Ebene-de-noun-oRbJ7UbW Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German terms suffixed with -e, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Landforms Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of German terms suffixed with -e: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 26 22 26 Disambiguation of Landforms: 39 22 18 22
  2. plane Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Ebene-de-noun--tkAKAzl Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German terms suffixed with -e, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of German terms suffixed with -e: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 26 22 26
  3. storey, floor Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Ebene-de-noun-18Ftclsn Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German terms suffixed with -e, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of German terms suffixed with -e: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 26 22 26
  4. level Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Ebene-de-noun-AIF3nCh9 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German terms suffixed with -e, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of German terms suffixed with -e: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 26 22 26

Inflected forms

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