"Viereck" meaning in German

See Viereck in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈfiːʁˌɛk/, [ˈfiːɐ̯ˌʔɛkʰ] Audio: De-at-Viereck.ogg [Austria], De-Viereck.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Etymology: From vier + Ecke. Etymology templates: {{ety|de|:af|vier|Ecke}} [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*fedwōr", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*feuwar", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old High German", "term" : "fior", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "goh" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle High German", "term" : "vier", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "gmh" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "German", "term" : "vier", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "de" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "German", "term" : "Ecke", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "de" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "German", "term" : "Viereck", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "de" }" data-lang="de" data-title="Viereck">, {{com|de|vier|Ecke}} vier + Ecke Head templates: {{de-noun|n,es:s}} Viereck n (strong, genitive Viereckes or Vierecks, plural Vierecke) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n,es:s}} Forms: Viereckes [genitive], Vierecks [genitive], Vierecke [plural], strong [table-tags], Viereck [nominative, singular], Vierecke [definite, nominative, plural], Viereckes [genitive, singular], Vierecks [genitive, singular], Vierecke [definite, genitive, plural], Viereck [dative, singular], Vierecke [dative, singular], Vierecken [dative, definite, plural], Viereck [accusative, singular], Vierecke [accusative, definite, plural], 4-Eck [alternative]
  1. quadrangle, quadrilateral Wikipedia link: de: Tags: neuter, strong Hypernyms: Vieleck, Polygon Derived forms: viereckig Related terms: Rechteck, Dreieck, Fünfeck

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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