David

David m (proper noun, strong, genitive Davids)

Davids (genitive)
David (nominative singular)
Davids (genitive singular)
David (dative singular)
David (accusative singular)

some speakers in the very north of Germany

a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English David


Saale

de-proper noun

die Saale f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Saale)

die Saale (canonical feminine)
der Saale (definite genitive)

From a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *sélos (“salt marsh”).


Tim

de-proper noun

Tim m (proper noun, strong, genitive Tims)

Originally a diminutive of Timotheus and Dietmar.

a male given name, popular in the 2000's


Kurdistan

Kurdistan n (proper noun, genitive Kurdistans or (optionally with an article) Kurdistan)

Kurdistans (genitive)
Kurdistan (genitive with-article)

Kurdistan (region in the Middle East encompassing most Kurdish speakers, in Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria)


Alexandra

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρα (Alexándra), from ἀλέξω (aléxō, “I defend”) + ἀνδρ- (andr-), the stem of ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”). Feminine form of Alexander.

bor+

a female given name from Ancient Greek, masculine equivalent Alexander, equivalent to English Alexandra


Robert

de-proper noun

Robert m (proper noun, strong, genitive Roberts)

From Middle High German Robert, from Latin Robertus, from Frankish, from Proto-Germanic *Hrōþiberhtaz. Reinforced since the 18th century by French Robert. Other (chiefly southern) German forms are Rupert and Ruprecht.

a male given name, feminine equivalent Roberta, equivalent to English Robert


Indonesien

Indonesien n (proper noun, genitive Indonesiens or (optionally with an article) Indonesien)

Indonesiens (genitive)
Indonesien (genitive with-article)

Indonesia (a country and archipelago in maritime Southeast Asia)


Hornburg

Hornburg (a castle in Wolfenbüttel district, Lower Saxony, Germany)


Hornburg

Hornburg n (proper noun, genitive Hornburgs or (optionally with an article) Hornburg)

Hornburgs (genitive)
Hornburg (genitive with-article)

Hornburg (a town in Wolfenbüttel district, Lower Saxony, Germany)


Hornburg

Hornburg m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Hornburgs or (with an article) Hornburg, feminine genitive Hornburg, plural Hornburgs)

Hornburgs (genitive masculine)
Hornburg (genitive masculine)
Hornburg (feminine genitive)
Hornburgs (plural)

a habitational surname derived from the town


Alex

Alex m (proper noun, strong, genitive Alex')

a male given name, equivalent to English Alex


Estland

Estland n (proper noun, genitive Estlands or (optionally with an article) Estland)

Estlands (genitive)
Estland (genitive with-article)

Russian: Эстляндия (Estljandija)

Perhaps from Medieval Latin Aestland (attested in Adam of Bremen), from the name of the Aestii tribe (see Wikipedia). But see Eesti for other possibilities.


Heidi

Originally a Swiss German diminutive of Adelheid + -i

„Willst du lieber Heidi heißen, oder Adelheid?“ fragte Klara.
„Ich heiße nur Heidi und sonst Nichts“, war Heidi's Antwort.
„So will ich dich immer so nennen“, sagte Klara; „der Name gefällt mir für dich, ich habe ihn aber nie gehört, ich habe aber auch nie ein Kind gesehen, das so aussieht wie du.

1880 Johanna Spyri, Heidi's Lehr- und Wanderjahre. Eine Geschichte für Kinder und auch für Solche, welche die Kinder lieb haben (Friedrich Andreas Perthes, Gotha), Chapter 6 (Capitel VI. Ein neues Capitel und lauter neue Dinge), p. 95, translated as Heidi

"Would you rather be called Heidi or Adelaide?" asked Clara.
"I am never called anything but Heidi," was the child's prompt answer.
"Then I shall always call you by that name," said Clara, "it suits you. I have never heard it before, but neither have I ever seen a child like you before.


Walter

Walter m (proper noun, strong, genitive Walters or Walter)

From Old High German Waltheri, from Proto-Germanic *Waldaharjaz. Cognate with English Walter.


Walter

Walter m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Walters or (with an article) Walter, feminine genitive Walter, plural Walters or Walter)

Walters (genitive masculine)
Walter (genitive masculine)
Walter (feminine genitive)
Walters (plural)
Walter (plural)

a common surname originating as a patronymic


Oriya

Oriya n (proper noun, strong, genitive Oriya or Oriyas)

Odia (one of the languages spoken in India)


Newcastle

Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne#English

metropolitan borough
metropolitan borough

Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne (a large city and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in northeastern England)

Newcastle (a large city in New South Wales, Australia)

Newcastle (a large city in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa)


Babel

Babel n (proper noun, genitive Babels or (optionally with an article) Babel)

Babels (genitive)
Babel (genitive with-article)
Babel (definite nominative singular)
Babels (definite genitive singular)
Babel (definite genitive singular with-article)
Babel (dative definite singular)
Babel (accusative definite singular)


Europa

Europa n (proper noun, strong, genitive Europa or Europas or Europens)

Europa (genitive)
Europas (genitive)
Europens (genitive)
Europa (definite nominative singular)
Europa (definite genitive singular)
Europas (definite genitive singular)
Europens (archaic definite genitive singular)
Europa (dative definite singular)
Europa (accusative definite singular)

Deutschland liegt im Herzen Europas.

The European legal space; the territory characterized by the European Union


Europa

(Greek mythology) A Phoenician princess abducted to Crete by Zeus


Rußland

Rußland n (proper noun, strong, genitive Rußlands or Rußland, plural Rußland or Rußlande)

Rußlands (genitive)
Rußland (genitive)
Rußland (plural)
Rußlande (plural)

1832, Allgemeines Lesebuch zur Erwerbung und Bewahrung der gemeinnützigsten Kenntnisse für Stadt und Land, so wie für Schule und Haus. Nach den besten Quellen bearbeitet von Michael Desaga. Zweiter Theil. – Faßlicher Unterricht in der Menschen- und Weltkunde. Ein allgemeines Lesebuch für Real-, Bürger- und Landschulen, so wie für die Anfangsklassen der Gelehrtenschulen. Nach den besten Quellen bearbeitet von Michael Desaga., p. 141, in chapter X. Geschichte der Russen

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

Im Jahre 1477 verband Iwan Wasiljewitsch die meisten kleinen Fürstenthümer mit dem Großfürstenthum, verjagte die Mongolen, und nannte sich nun Großfürst aller Reußen, d. i. aller Rußlande, welche damals schon aus Groß-, Klein-, Roth- und Weißrußland bestanden.

[...] Peter Alexiewitsch, Selbstbeherrscher aller Rußlande, des großen, des kleinen, des weißen.

1857, Das Theater in Rußland. Von E. Moreau, in: Frankfurter Museum. Süddeutsche Wochenschrift für Kunst, Literatur und öffentliches Leben. Dritter Jahrgang. 1857. Herausgegeben von Th. Creizenach, published in Frankfurt a. M. by the Expedition des Frankfurter Museums, p. 144, inside No. 15 from 11. April 1857, right column

Formerly standard spelling of Russland which was deprecated in the spelling reform (Rechtschreibreform) of 1996.


Russland

Russland n (proper noun, genitive Russlands or (optionally with an article) Russland)

Russlands (genitive)
Russland (genitive with-article)
Russland (nominative singular)
Russlands (genitive singular)
Russland (dative singular)
Russland (accusative singular)

Compound of Russe (“Russian (person)”) + Land (“country”).

com+

Russia (A transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia)


Algonkin

de-proper noun

Algonkin n (proper noun, strong, genitive Algonkins or Algonkin)

Algonkins (genitive)
Algonkin (genitive)


Jiddisch

Jiddisch n (proper noun, language name, genitive Jiddisch or Jiddischs, alternative nominative (used with the definite article) Jiddische, alternative genitive Jiddischen, no plural)

Jiddisch (genitive)
Jiddischs (genitive)
Jiddische (alternative nominative)
Jiddischen (alternative genitive)
Jiddisch (nominative singular usually-without-article)
Jiddische (definite nominative singular)
Jiddisch (genitive singular usually-without-article)
Jiddischs (genitive singular usually-without-article)
Jiddischen (definite genitive singular)
Jiddisch (dative singular usually-without-article)
Jiddischen (dative definite singular)
Jiddisch (accusative singular usually-without-article)
Jiddische (accusative definite singular)

From English Yiddish, from Yiddish ייִדיש (yidish), from Middle High German jüdesch, from Old High German judeisc, derived from judo, judeo + -isc, the former from Latin iūdaeus (“Judaean, Jew”), from Ancient Greek Ἰουδαῖος (Ioudaîos), derived from Ἰουδά (Ioudá, “Judah”) + -ιος (-ios), the former from Hebrew יְהוּדָה (yəhūḏāh).

der

Hebrew יְהוּדָה (yəhūḏāh)


Oregon

de-proper noun

Oregon n (proper noun, strong, genitive Oregons)


Italienisch

Italienisch n (proper noun, language name, genitive Italienisch or Italienischs, alternative nominative (used with the definite article) Italienische, alternative genitive Italienischen, no plural)

Italienisch (genitive)
Italienischs (genitive)
Italienische (alternative nominative)
Italienischen (alternative genitive)
Italienisch (nominative singular usually-without-article)
Italienische (definite nominative singular)
Italienisch (genitive singular usually-without-article)
Italienischs (genitive singular usually-without-article)
Italienischen (definite genitive singular)
Italienisch (dative singular usually-without-article)
Italienischen (dative definite singular)
Italienisch (accusative singular usually-without-article)
Italienische (accusative definite singular)


Odin

Odin m (proper noun, strong, genitive Odins or Odin)

Odins (genitive)
Odin (genitive)
Odin (nominative singular)
Odins (genitive singular)
Odin (genitive singular)
Odin (dative singular)
Odin (accusative singular)


Ares

Ares m (proper noun, strong, genitive Ares')

(Greek mythology) Ares (Greek god of war)


Baal

de-noun

m,s:-􂀿optionally with an article􂁀:es,e:im

Baal m (strong, genitive Baals or (optionally with an article) Baal or Baales, plural Baale or Baalim)

Baals (genitive)
Baal (genitive with-article)
Baales (genitive)
Baale (plural)
Baalim (plural)

From Latin Baal, from Ancient Greek Βάαλ (Báal), from Hebrew בַּעַל (baʿal), from Proto-Semitic *baʿl-.


Marian

Borrowed from Latin Marianus, derivative of Marius.


Bayern

de-proper noun

Bayern n (proper noun, genitive Bayerns or (optionally with an article) Bayern)

Bayerns (genitive)
Bayern (genitive with-article)
Bayern (definite nominative singular)
Bayerns (definite genitive singular)
Bayern (definite genitive singular with-article)
Bayern (dative definite singular)
Bayern (accusative definite singular)

From Middle High German Baiern, Beiern (older Beieren), a dative plural descendant of Old High German Beiara.

FC Bayern München, a football club from Bavaria

Flächenländer: Baden-Württemberg · Bayern · Brandenburg · Hessen · Niedersachsen · Mecklenburg-Vorpommern · Nordrhein-Westfalen · Rheinland-Pfalz · Saarland · Sachsen · Sachsen-Anhalt · Schleswig-Holstein · Thüringen


Anne

head

Anne f (genitive Annes or (with an article) Anne)

From Middle High German Anne, from Latin Anna. Possibly reinforced by French Anne.


Anne

de-proper noun

Anne m (proper noun, strong, genitive Annes or (with an article) Anne)

(Northern Germany) a male given name of rare usage


Jessica

Borrowed from English Jessica, popular at the end of the 20th century.


Deutschland

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)

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.

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

short for Heiliges Römisches Reich Deutscher Nation or short for heiliges römisches Reich deutscher Nation.

Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Bundesrepublik Deutschland#German


Slowenien

Slowenien n (proper noun, genitive Sloweniens or (optionally with an article) Slowenien)

Sloweniens (genitive)
Slowenien (genitive with-article)
Slowenien (definite nominative singular)
Sloweniens (definite genitive singular)
Slowenien (definite genitive singular with-article)
Slowenien (dative definite singular)
Slowenien (accusative definite singular)

Balkan Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula#English

Slovenia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Central Europe)


Sommer

Sommer m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Sommers or (with an article) Sommer, feminine genitive Sommer, plural Sommers or Sommer)

Sommers (genitive masculine)
Sommer (genitive masculine)
Sommer (feminine genitive)
Sommers (plural)
Sommer (plural)

From Middle High German sumer, from Old High German sumar, from Proto-West Germanic *sumar.
The expected modern form is Summer, as indeed found in most southern dialects, such as Alemannic German Summer, Bavarian Summer and Luxembourgish Summer. The vocalism -o- is of Central and Low German origin (compare Middle Low German som[m]er). Further cognates are Dutch zomer, West Frisian simmer, English summer, Danish sommer, Icelandic sumar.

a surname transferred from the nickname originating as a nickname


Baum

Baum m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Baums or (with an article) Baum, feminine genitive Baum, plural Baums)

Baums (genitive masculine)
Baum (genitive masculine)
Baum (feminine genitive)
Baums (plural)

From Middle High German boum, from Old High German boum, from Proto-West Germanic *baum, from Proto-Germanic *baumaz. Akin to Dutch boom, Low German Boom, West Frisian beam, English beam. Plural umlaut by proportional analogy with terms like Gast (“guest”) to Gäste (“guests”).


Argentinien

Argentinien n (proper noun, genitive Argentiniens or (optionally with an article) Argentinien)

Argentiniens (genitive)
Argentinien (genitive with-article)


Bangladesch

Bangladesch n (proper noun, genitive Bangladeschs or (optionally with an article) Bangladesch)

Bangladeschs (genitive)
Bangladesch (genitive with-article)


Aserbaidschan

Aserbaidschan n (proper noun, genitive Aserbaidschans or (optionally with an article) Aserbaidschan)

Aserbaidschans (genitive)
Aserbaidschan (genitive with-article)

/ˌazɛʁbaɪ̯ˈd͡ʒaːn/

Azerbaijan (a country in the South Caucasus, Asia and Europe)


Österreich

Österreich n (proper noun, genitive Österreichs or (optionally with an article) Österreich)

Österreichs (genitive)
Österreich (genitive with-article)

→ Japanese: オーストリー (Ōsutorī)

[ˈøːstəˌʁaɪç]

[ˈøːstɛˌɾɛɪ̯ç]

From Middle High German Osteriche, from Old High German Ostarrîchi (attested since 996); a compound of an element meaning "east" (cognate to modern German Ost (“east”)) and rīhhi (“realm”) (modern German Reich (“realm”)).


VPG

VPG (genitive)
VPG (nominative singular)
VPG (genitive singular)
VPG (dative singular)
VPG (accusative singular)

Initialism of Vielseitigkeitsprüfung für Gebrauchshunde (“Versatility examination for working dogs”).. The name and abbreviation for working dog titles awarded by dog organizations other than the SV and other German Shepherd Dog organizations. Equivalent to SchH. See also IPO.


Sanskrit

Sanskrit n (proper noun, strong, genitive Sanskrit or Sanskrits)

Sanskrit (genitive)
Sanskrits (genitive)


Dänemark

Dänemark n (proper noun, genitive Dänemarks or (optionally with an article) Dänemark)

Dänemarks (genitive)
Dänemark (genitive with-article)
Dänemark (nominative singular)
Dänemarks (genitive singular)
Dänemark (dative singular)
Dänemark (accusative singular)


Armenien

Armenien n (proper noun, genitive Armeniens or (optionally with an article) Armenien)

Armeniens (genitive)
Armenien (genitive with-article)
Armenien (nominative singular)
Armeniens (genitive singular)
Armenien (dative singular)
Armenien (accusative singular)

Armenia (A country in the South Caucasus region of Asia, sometimes considered to belong politically to Europe)


Belgien

Belgien n (proper noun, genitive Belgiens or (optionally with an article) Belgien)

Belgiens (genitive)
Belgien (genitive with-article)

Belgium (a country in Western Europe that has borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France)


Albanien

Albanien n (proper noun, genitive Albaniens or (optionally with an article) Albanien)

Albaniens (genitive)
Albanien (genitive with-article)
Albanien (nominative singular)
Albaniens (genitive singular)
Albanien (dative singular)
Albanien (accusative singular)

Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe#English


Frankreich

Frankreich n (proper noun, genitive Frankreichs or (optionally with an article) Frankreich)

Frankreichs (genitive)
Frankreich (genitive with-article)

/ˈfʁaŋkʁaɪ̯ç/


Australien

Australien n (proper noun, genitive Australiens or (optionally with an article) Australien)

Australiens (genitive)
Australien (genitive with-article)

Australia (A country in Oceania comprising the islands of Australia, Tasmania and other smaller islands in the Pacific Ocean, as well as a former colony in the British Empire)

(geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)


Algerien

Algerien n (proper noun, genitive Algeriens or (optionally with an article) Algerien)

Algeriens (genitive)
Algerien (genitive with-article)
Algerien (nominative singular)
Algeriens (genitive singular)
Algerien (dative singular)
Algerien (accusative singular)


Weißrussland

Weißrussland n (proper noun, genitive Weißrusslands or (optionally with an article) Weißrussland)

Weißrusslands (genitive)
Weißrussland (genitive with-article)
Weißrussland (nominative singular)
Weißrusslands (genitive singular)
Weißrussland (dative singular)
Weißrussland (accusative singular)

From weiß (“white”) + Russland (“Russia”), a calque of Russian Белору́ссия (Belorússija). Cognate with Dutch Wit-Rusland, Afrikaans Wit-Rusland, German Low German Wittrussland, Alemannic German Wiissrussland, English White Russia, Danish Hviderusland, Faroese Hvítarussland, Swedish Vitryssland, Norwegian Bokmål Hviterussland, Norwegian Nynorsk Kviterussland, Icelandic Hvíta-Rússland, Limburgish Wit-Rusland, among others.


Fiona

a female given name from the Goidelic languages, popular in the 1990s and the 2000s


Gibraltar

de-proper noun

Gibraltar n (proper noun, genitive Gibraltars or (optionally with an article) Gibraltar)

Gibraltars (genitive)
Gibraltar (genitive with-article)

Gibraltar (a peninsula, city, and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia)


Zion

Zion m (proper noun, strong, genitive Zions)

Ecclesiastical Latin Sion, from Hebrew ציון (tsiyón).


Arizona

Arizona n (proper noun, genitive Arizonas or (optionally with an article) Arizona)

Arizonas (genitive)
Arizona (genitive with-article)

/ˌɛɹiˈzɔʊ̯nɐ/


Ladinisch

Ladinisch n (proper noun, language name, genitive Ladinisch or Ladinischs, alternative nominative (used with the definite article) Ladinische, alternative genitive Ladinischen, no plural)

Ladinisch (genitive)
Ladinischs (genitive)
Ladinische (alternative nominative)
Ladinischen (alternative genitive)


Sindhi

Sindhi n (proper noun, strong, genitive Sindhi or Sindhis)

Sindhi (a language spoken in parts of India and Pakistan)


Area 51

de-prop

Area 51 f (proper noun, genitive Area 51)

Area 51 (genitive)
Area 51 (nominative singular)
Area 51 (genitive singular)
Area 51 (dative singular)
Area 51 (accusative singular)

Unadapted borrowing from English Area 51.

ubor

Nevada Test and Training Range
w:Nevada Test and Training Range

(science fiction or ufology, informal) Area 51 (a secret military facility, airport, and airbase in Nevada Test and Training Range, Nevada, United States)


Alaska

de-proper noun

Alaska n (proper noun, genitive Alaskas or (optionally with an article) Alaska)

Alaskas (genitive)
Alaska (genitive with-article)

Borrowed from English Alaska, from Aleut alaxsxaq.


Oliver

Oliver m (proper noun, strong, genitive Olivers)

a male given name, equivalent to English Oliver


Gabriel

a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel


Irak

Irak m or n (proper noun, strong, genitive Iraks or Irak, plural Irak)

Iraks (genitive)
Irak (genitive)
Irak (plural)

Borrowed from Arabic اَلْعِرَاق (al-ʕirāq).

bor+

, Siegfried Auermann, Germanen und Wikinger. Wikingerfahrten, Normanenreiche, Runenkunde, Reinhard Welz Vermittler Verlag Mannheim e.K., page 101

Dreißig Jahre nachher fuhren ſie auf Strömen und über Land in das Kaſpische Meer hinein, ſpäter drangen ſie gar bis nach Aserbeidſchan und in das Irak vor.

Auch mit ſeinem Halbbruder Mohammed mußte er hernach theilen h); dieſer behielt Aderbidſchan und ihm ſelbst blieb nur die Herrſchaft des Oſtens und die Oberlehnsherrſchaft über beide Irak.

1821, Friedrich Chriſtoph Schloſſer, Weltgeſchichte in zuſammenhängender Erzählung. Dritten Bandes erſter Theil, page 82:

Motenebbi hatte zwar ſelbst nach ſeiner Trennung von Seifeddewlet desſelben in mittelbarem und unmittelbarem Lobe gedacht, aber er fühlte ſich doch nicht mehr an deſſen Hof hingezogen, und begab ſich nun an den des großen Fürſten der Dynaſtie Bujeh, Adhad-ed-dewlet, welcher die beyden Irak (das arabiſche und perſiſche) beherrſchte, und wechſelweiſe in den Hauptſtädten dieſer beyden Länder, zu Schiraſ und Bagdad, reſidierte.

1824, Joſeph von Hammer, Motenebbi, der größte arabiſche Dichter, page XXIX:

Iraq (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

Jerack

in Fraktur with a single type J for I and J


Andrea

de-proper noun

Andrea f or m (proper noun, strong, genitive Andreas, plural Andreas)

Andreas (genitive)
Andreas (plural)
Andrea (definite nominative singular)
Andreas (definite nominative plural)
Andreas (definite genitive singular)
Andreas (definite genitive plural)
Andrea (dative definite singular)
Andreas (dative definite plural)
Andrea (accusative definite singular)
Andreas (accusative definite plural)

a female given name, masculine equivalent Andreas


IWF

IWF m (proper noun, strong, genitive IWF)

IWF (genitive)
IWF (nominative singular)
IWF (genitive singular)
IWF (dative singular)
IWF (accusative singular)

Internationaler Währungsfonds
Internationaler Währungsfonds#German

(UN) Initialism of Internationaler Währungsfonds (“IMF”).


Gretel

a diminutive of the female given name Margarete

Und als der Mond aufgegangen war, faßte er die Gretel bei der Hand [...]
Doch tröstete er die Gretel und sprach [...]
(please add an English translation of this quotation)
Das Gretel aber schüttelte sie und rief: [...]
[...] und darum hatte sie das Gretel gerufen [...]

1812, Kinder- und Haus-Märchen. Gesammelt durch die Brüder Grimm, p. 52 & 53 (Gretel with feminine gender) and p. 55 & 57 (Gretel with neuter gender), part of the fairy tale Hänsel und Gretel

Gretel, the girl in the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel (original German name: Hänsel und Gretel (Hänsel und Grethel)).


Utah

Utah n (proper noun, genitive Utahs or (optionally with an article) Utah)

Utahs (genitive)
Utah (genitive with-article)


Maximilian

Saint's name from Latin Maximilianus, a derivative of Maximus "the greatest". It was used in German royal houses after Friedrich III chose it for his son in 1459, explaining it as a combination of the names of two Roman generals, Maximus and Aemilianus.

a male given name, popular currently in Germany


Wyoming

Wyoming n (proper noun, genitive Wyomings or (optionally with an article) Wyoming)

Wyomings (genitive)
Wyoming (genitive with-article)

/waˈjɔʊ̯mɪŋ/


Hollywood

Hollywood n (proper noun, genitive Hollywoods or (optionally with an article) Hollywood)

Hollywoods (genitive)
Hollywood (genitive with-article)


Exodus

Exodus m (proper noun, strong, genitive Exodus)

From Middle High German Exodus, from Latin Exodus, from Ancient Greek ἔξοδος (éxodos).

(religion) Exodus (second book of the Bible, following Genesis)


Wisconsin

Wisconsin n (proper noun, genitive Wisconsins or (optionally with an article) Wisconsin)

Wisconsins (genitive)
Wisconsin (genitive with-article)

Wisconsin (a state of the United States)


Colorado

Colorado n (proper noun, genitive Colorados or (optionally with an article) Colorado)

Colorados (genitive)
Colorado (genitive with-article)

From Spanish colorado, partly through English Colorado.


Nevada

Nevada n (proper noun, genitive Nevadas or (optionally with an article) Nevada)

Nevadas (genitive)
Nevada (genitive with-article)

Borrowed from English Nevada, from Spanish nevada (“snow-covered”).


Missouri

Missouri n (proper noun, genitive Missouris or (optionally with an article) Missouri)

Missouris (genitive)
Missouri (genitive with-article)


Missouri

der Missouri m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Missouris)

der Missouri (canonical masculine)
des Missouris (definite genitive)


Iowa

Iowa n (proper noun, genitive Iowas or (optionally with an article) Iowa)

Iowas (genitive)
Iowa (genitive with-article)


Illinois

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

Illinois' (genitive)
Illinois (genitive)

From French Illinois, chiefly through English Illinois.


Ohio

Ohio n (proper noun, genitive Ohios or (optionally with an article) Ohio)

Ohios (genitive)
Ohio (genitive with-article)


Arkansas

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

Arkansas' (genitive)
Arkansas (genitive)

Germanicised; slightly dated in educated speech

/ˈaʁkənˌsɔː/

approaching the dated or merely a supposed English pronunciation; proscribed


Birmingham

Birmingham n (proper noun, genitive Birminghams or (optionally with an article) Birmingham)

Birminghams (genitive)
Birmingham (genitive with-article)

/ˈbœʁmɪŋˌhɛm/

Birmingham (a city in England, United Kingdom)

Birmingham (a city in Alabama, United States)

One of various smaller places in the United States.


Rhein

der Rhein m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Rheins or des Rheines)

der Rhein (canonical masculine)
des Rheins (definite genitive)
des Rheines (definite genitive)

→ Russian: Рейн (Rejn)

desc

→ Chinese: → 萊茵／莱茵 (Láiyīn) (transliteration)

From Middle High German Rīn, from Old High German Rīn, from Proto-West Germanic *Rīn (“the river Rhine”). The spelling with Rh- after Latin Rhenus, itself possibly a Hellenizing form.

inh

Meronyms: Alpenrhein, Hochrhein, Oberrhein, Mittelrhein, Niederrhein, Deltarhein

Rhine (a major river in Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, Germany, France and the Netherlands, emptying into the North Sea)


Finnland

de-proper noun

Finnland n (proper noun, genitive Finnlands or (optionally with an article) Finnland)

Finnlands (genitive)
Finnland (genitive with-article)

From Old Norse Finnland, equivalent to Finne + Land.


Simon

Simon m (proper noun, strong, genitive Simons)


Simon

Simon m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Simons or (with an article) Simon, feminine genitive Simon, plural Simons)

Simons (genitive masculine)
Simon (genitive masculine)
Simon (feminine genitive)
Simons (plural)


Vincent

Borrowed from French Vincent, from Latin Vincentius.

a male given name, Vincent, from Latin, a French variant of Vinzenz, equivalent to English Vincent


Mercedes-Benz

Karl Benz
Mercedes 35 hp
Mercédès Jellinek
en:Emil Jellinek

From Mercedes + Benz, named after Mercédès Jellinek (daughter of Emil Jellinek, who commissioned the first Mercedes-Benz, the Mercedes 35 hp), and Karl Benz co-founder of Daimler-Benz (and founder of the forerunner Benz automotive company).

gloss

Mercedes-Benz (an automotive brand from Daimler-Benz)


Lethe

Zeit, sagt man, ist Lethe; aber auch Fernluft ist so ein Trank, und sollte sie weniger gründlich wirken, so tut sie es dafür desto rascher.

1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 1, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 13:


Toyota

de-proper noun

Toyota n (proper noun, strong, genitive Toyotas)


Peugeot

Peugeot n (proper noun, strong, genitive Peugeots)


Manchester

Manchester n (proper noun, genitive Manchesters or (optionally with an article) Manchester)

Manchesters (genitive)
Manchester (genitive with-article)
Manchester (definite nominative singular)
Manchesters (definite genitive singular)
Manchester (definite genitive singular with-article)
Manchester (dative definite singular)
Manchester (accusative definite singular)

The fabric was primarily produced in Manchester.

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

Manchester (a major city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, in northwestern England).


Washington

Washington n (proper noun, genitive Washingtons or (optionally with an article) Washington)

Washingtons (genitive)
Washington (genitive with-article)
Washington (definite nominative singular)
Washingtons (definite genitive singular)
Washington (definite genitive singular with-article)
Washington (dative definite singular)
Washington (accusative definite singular)

Washington (a state of the United States) (state)


Dresden

Dresden n (proper noun, genitive Dresdens or (optionally with an article) Dresden)

Dresdens (genitive)
Dresden (genitive with-article)

From Middle High German Dresden, from a Sorbian source akin to Lower Sorbian Drježdźany, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *dręzga, of which the locative case is *dręzdzě.

Dresden (an independent city, the capital city of Saxony)


Sophie

Sophie f (proper noun, genitive Sophies or (with an article) Sophie)


Melanie

Borrowed from Latin Melania, from Ancient Greek μέλας (mélas, “black, dark”).


Phillip

de-proper noun

Phillip m (proper noun, strong, genitive Phillips or (with an article) Phillip, plural Phillips or Phillipe)

Phillips (genitive)
Phillip (genitive)
Phillips (plural)
Phillipe (plural)

a male given name, a less common variant of Philipp


Barbara

Borrowed from Latin Barbara, from the saint's name.

a female given name, equivalent to English Barbara; popular especially in the mid-twentieth century


Sophia

Sophia f (proper noun, genitive Sophias, plural Sophias or Sophien)

Sophias (genitive)
Sophias (plural)
Sophien (plural)
Sophia (nominative singular)
Sophias (definite nominative plural)
Sophien (definite nominative plural)
Sophias (genitive singular)
Sophias (definite genitive plural)
Sophien (definite genitive plural)
Sophia (dative singular)
Sophias (dative definite plural)
Sophien (dative definite plural)
Sophia (accusative singular)
Sophias (accusative definite plural)
Sophien (accusative definite plural)

a female given name, equivalent to English Sophia


Irene

From Ancient Greek Εἰρήνη (Eirḗnē, “peace”).


Sejm

de-prop

Sejm m (proper noun, strong, genitive Sejms)

Sejms (genitive)
Sejm (nominative singular)
Sejms (genitive singular)
Sejm (dative singular)
Sejm (accusative singular)

Im polnischen Parlament, dem Sejm, hat ein rechtsextremer Abgeordneter am Dienstagnachmittag eine Chanukka-Feier angegriffen.

2023 December 12, Nadia Pantel, “Antisemitischer Eklat in Warschau: Rechtsextremer Abgeordneter attackiert Chanukka-Feier im Parlament mit Feuerlöscher”, in Der Spiegel, →ISSN:

A far-right member of the Polish parliament, the Sejm, attacked a Hanukkah celebration on Tuesday afternoon.

(government) Sejm (the lower house of the bicameral parliament of Poland)


Chicago

de-proper noun

Chicago n (proper noun, genitive Chicagos or (optionally with an article) Chicago)

Chicagos (genitive)
Chicago (genitive with-article)

Chicago (a major city in Illinois, United States)


Ulster

Ulster n (proper noun, strong, genitive Ulsters)

Ulsters (genitive)
Ulster (nominative singular)
Ulsters (genitive singular)
Ulster (dative singular)
Ulster (accusative singular)


Judith

Judith f (proper noun, genitive Judiths or Judith, plural Judithen or Judiths)

Judiths (genitive)
Judith (genitive)
Judithen (plural)
Judiths (plural)
Judith (nominative singular)
Judithen (definite nominative plural)
Judiths (definite nominative plural)
Judiths (genitive singular)
Judith (genitive singular)
Judithen (definite genitive plural)
Judiths (definite genitive plural)
Judith (dative singular)
Judithen (dative definite plural)
Judiths (dative definite plural)
Judith (accusative singular)
Judithen (accusative definite plural)
Judiths (accusative definite plural)

From Latin Judith, from Hebrew יְהוּדִית (yəhūḏīṯ, “woman from Judea, Jewess”).

der

a female given name, equivalent to English Judith


Louis

Borrowed from French Louis. Doublet of Ludwig.


Katalonien

de-proper noun

Katalonien n (proper noun, genitive Kataloniens or (optionally with an article) Katalonien)

Kataloniens (genitive)
Katalonien (genitive with-article)

autonomous community
autonomous community

Catalonia (an autonomous community of Spain)


Spanien

Spanien n (proper noun, genitive Spaniens or (optionally with an article) Spanien)

Spaniens (genitive)
Spanien (genitive with-article)

From Middle High German Spanje, from Latin Hispania.

Spain (a country in Southern Europe, including most of the Iberian peninsula)


Bulgarien

Bulgarien n (proper noun, genitive Bulgariens or (optionally with an article) Bulgarien)

Bulgariens (genitive)
Bulgarien (genitive with-article)

/bʊlˈɡaːʁi̯ən/

Bulgaria (a country in Southeast Europe)


Kroatien

Kroatien n (proper noun, genitive Kroatiens or (optionally with an article) Kroatien)

Kroatiens (genitive)
Kroatien (genitive with-article)

Croatia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Brasilien

Brasilien n (proper noun, genitive Brasiliens or (optionally with an article) Brasilien)

Brasiliens (genitive)
Brasilien (genitive with-article)

Brazil (A large Portuguese-speaking country in South America)


Antarktis

die Antarktis f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Antarktis)

die Antarktis (canonical feminine)
der Antarktis (definite genitive)
Antarktis (definite nominative singular)
Antarktis (definite genitive singular)
Antarktis (dative definite singular)
Antarktis (accusative definite singular)

(colloquial, layman speech) Antarctica (continent)


Kamerun

Kamerun n (proper noun, genitive Kameruns or (optionally with an article) Kamerun)

Kameruns (genitive)
Kamerun (genitive with-article)


Hitler

Hitler m (proper noun, strong, genitive Hitlers)


Kanada

Kanada n (proper noun, genitive Kanadas or (optionally with an article) Kanada)

Kanadas (genitive)
Kanada (genitive with-article)


Seth

Seth m (proper noun, strong, genitive Seths or Seth)

From Ancient Greek Σήθ (Sḗth), from Hebrew שֵׁת (Šet, literally “chosen one, appointed, placed”).

der

de:Set (Bibel)
de:Seth (Ägyptische Mythologie)


Seth

From Ancient Greek Σήθ (Sḗth), from Egyptian s-t:X (stẖ).


Kirsten

a female given name from Danish or Norwegian


Einstein

de-proper noun

Einstein m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Einsteins or (with an article) Einstein, feminine genitive Einstein, plural Einsteins)

Einsteins (genitive masculine)
Einstein (genitive masculine)
Einstein (feminine genitive)
Einsteins (plural)
Einstein (masculine nominative singular)
Einstein (feminine nominative singular)
Einsteins (definite nominative plural)
Einsteins (genitive masculine singular)
Einstein (genitive masculine singular)
Einstein (feminine genitive singular)
Einsteins (definite genitive plural)
Einstein (dative masculine singular)
Einstein (dative feminine singular)
Einsteins (dative definite plural)
Einstein (accusative masculine singular)
Einstein (accusative feminine singular)
Einsteins (accusative definite plural)

/ˈaɪ̯nʃˌtaɪ̯n/

The surname is habitational, from any of various places named with a Middle High German derivative of einsteinen ("to enclose or surround with stone"), cp. ein-, Stein and -en, or from ein + Stein.
The "an extremely intelligent person" sense is an eponym of Albert Einstein.


Philipp

Philipp m (proper noun, strong, genitive Philipps or (with an article) Philipp, plural Philipps or Philippe)

Philipps (genitive)
Philipp (genitive)
Philipps (plural)
Philippe (plural)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Φίλιππος (Phílippos, “fond of horses”), from φιλέω (philéō, “I like”) + ἵππος (híppos, “horse”).

bor+

a male given name, equivalent to English Philip


Günter

de-proper noun

Günter m (proper noun, strong, genitive Günters)


Arthur

Borrowed from English in the 18th century.


Gunther

From Old High German gund (“battle”) + heri (“army”), from Proto-Germanic *Gunþiharjaz. Name of a king in the Nibelungenlied, and of a medieval German saint.


Dzongkha

Dzongkha n (proper noun, strong, genitive Dzongkha or Dzongkhas)

Dzongkha (genitive)
Dzongkhas (genitive)


Günther

A medieval variant of Gunther, from Old High German gund (“battle”) + heri (“army”), from Proto-West Germanic *Gunþihari, from Proto-Germanic *Gunþiharjaz.

a male given name, popular from the 1920s to the 1940s


Günther

Günther m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Günthers or (with an article) Günther, feminine genitive Günther, plural Günthers or Günther)

Günthers (genitive masculine)
Günther (genitive masculine)
Günther (feminine genitive)
Günthers (plural)
Günther (plural)

Ginther

ü, ue > i; the i is the near-close near-front unrounded vowel [ɪ]

Guenther

the ue is an alternative spelling of ü, the near-close near-front rounded vowel [ʏ]

Gunther

the u is the near-close near-back rounded vowel [ʊ]


Dvorak

Dvorak m or f (proper noun, strong, genitive Dvoraks or (with an article) Dvorak, plural Dvoraks or Dvorak)

Dvoraks (genitive)
Dvorak (genitive)
Dvoraks (plural)
Dvorak (plural)

From Czech Dvořák, from dvůr (“court, courtyard”) + -ák.


Mauser

Mauser m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Mausers or (with an article) Mauser, feminine genitive Mauser, plural Mausers or Mauser)

Mausers (genitive masculine)
Mauser (genitive masculine)
Mauser (feminine genitive)
Mausers (plural)
Mauser (plural)

From Middle High German mūze, from Old High German mūzōn (“change, transform”), from Medieval Latin muta, from Latin mutare (“change, transform”).


Philip

de-proper noun

Philip m (proper noun, strong, genitive Philips or (with an article) Philip, plural Philips or Philipe)

Philips (genitive)
Philip (genitive)
Philips (plural)
Philipe (plural)


Kevin

Kevin m (proper noun, strong, genitive Kevins, plural Kevins)

Borrowed from English Kevin. First popularised in the late 1970s after footballer Kevin Keegan, who played for Hamburger SV from 1977 to 1980.


Marvin

Borrowed from English Marvin in the 20th century.


Phillipp

Phillipp m (proper noun, strong, genitive Phillipps or (with an article) Phillipp, plural Phillipps or Phillippe)

Phillipps (genitive)
Phillipp (genitive)
Phillipps (plural)
Phillippe (plural)


Kujath

Kujath m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Kujaths or (with an article) Kujath, feminine genitive Kujath, plural Kujaths)

Kujaths (genitive masculine)
Kujath (genitive masculine)
Kujath (feminine genitive)
Kujaths (plural)

Polish or Eastern German (of Slavic origin): probably a derivative from a base kuj- (Polish kuć) (to forge, to hammer) hence an occupational name for a smith.


Eurozone

Eurozone f (proper noun, genitive Eurozone)

Eurozone (genitive)
Eurozone (nominative singular)
Eurozone (genitive singular)
Eurozone (dative singular)
Eurozone (accusative singular)

/ˈɔɪ̯ʁoˌt͡soːnə/


Marie

Variant of Maria, or borrowed from French Marie.


Prometheus

head

Prometheus m (genitive Prometheus or Prometheus')

Prometheus (genitive)
Prometheus' (genitive)

From Latin Promēthe͡us or from Ancient Greek Προμηθεύς (Promētheús).


RAF

de-proper noun

die RAF f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der RAF)

die RAF (canonical feminine)
der RAF (definite genitive)

Vielleicht ist diese avantgardistische Vorstellung, dass eine Gruppe wild Entschlossener nur überzeugt genug vorangehen muss, damit viele folgen, die einzige ernstzunehmende Parallele zur RAF.

2022 December 18, Kersten Augustin, “Razzien bei der Letzten Generation: Immer noch krasser”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:

Rote Armee Fraktion
Rote Armee Fraktion#German

(historical) Initialism of Rote Armee Fraktion (“Red Army Faction, German far-left terrorist organisation active 1970–1998”).


Mario

a male given name from Italian or Spanish


Owen

Owen n (proper noun, genitive Owens or (optionally with an article) Owen)

Owens (genitive)
Owen (genitive with-article)

From Middle High German ouwe (“terrain, landscape by water, in water, island”). Doublet of Aue (“floodplain”); see there for more.

inh

Owen (a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany)


BMW

Bayerische Motoren-Werke
Bayerische Motoren-Werke#German

BMW Initialism of Bayerische Motoren-Werke (“Bavarian Motor Works”).


Beijing

de-proper noun

Beijing n (proper noun, genitive Beijings or (optionally with an article) Beijing)

Beijings (genitive)
Beijing (genitive with-article)

Als im September die deutsche Außenministerin Annalena Baerbock im US-Fernsehen Chinas Staats- und Parteichef Xi Jinping unverhüllt als Diktator bezeichnete, bestellte Beijing umgehend den deutschen Botschafter ein.

2023 December 3, Shi Ming, “Chinas neue Westpolitik: Lieber zweimal hinsehen”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:


Beirut

Beirut n (proper noun, genitive Beiruts or (optionally with an article) Beirut)

Beiruts (genitive)
Beirut (genitive with-article)

/ˈbaɪ̯ˌʁuːt/


Schlangen

Schlangen n (proper noun, genitive Schlangens or (optionally with an article) Schlangen)

Schlangens (genitive)
Schlangen (genitive with-article)

North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia#English

A municipality of Lippe district, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany


Patrick

a male given name from English, feminine equivalent Patricia or Patrizia


Samuel

a male given name from Biblical Hebrew, equivalent to English Samuel


Karl

Karl m (proper noun, strong, genitive Karls or (with an article) Karl)

→ English: Karl, Carl (see there for further descendants)

From Old High German karal, from Proto-Germanic *karlaz (“free man”), *karilaz (“man, elder”). Cognate with French and English Charles.


Angela

Angela f (proper noun, genitive Angelas or (with article) Angela, plural Angelas)

Angelas (genitive)
Angela (genitive)
Angelas (plural)
Angela (nominative singular)
Angelas (definite nominative plural rare)
Angelas (genitive singular)
Angela (genitive singular)
Angelas (definite genitive plural rare)
Angela (dative singular)
Angelas (dative definite plural rare)
Angela (accusative singular)
Angelas (accusative definite plural rare)

a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Angela


Vogel

Vogel m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Vogels or (with an article) Vogel, feminine genitive Vogel, plural Vogels or Vogel)

Vogels (genitive masculine)
Vogel (genitive masculine)
Vogel (feminine genitive)
Vogels (plural)
Vogel (plural)

From Middle High German vogel, vagel, from Old High German fogal, fugal, from Proto-West Germanic *fugl, from Proto-Germanic *fuglaz; possibly related to *fleuganą (“to fly”) through dissimilation from earlier *fluglaz. Cognates include Low German Vagel, Dutch vogel, English fowl, Danish fugl, Swedish fågel, Gothic 𐍆𐌿𐌲𐌻𐍃 (fugls).

a common surname transferred from the nickname originating as a nickname, or as an occupational name for a catcher of birds


Alfred

Borrowed from English Alfred, from Old English Ælfræd.

a male given name, popular in the 19th century


Freiburg

Freiburg n (proper noun, genitive Freiburgs or (optionally with an article) Freiburg)

Freiburgs (genitive)
Freiburg (genitive with-article)

/ˈfʁaɪ̯bʊʁk/

From frei (“free”) + Burg (“castle, fortress”).

af

de:Freiburg im Breisgau
de:Freiburg im Üechtland
de:Kanton Freiburg

Freiburg im Breisgau
Freiburg im Breisgau#German

Freiburg (an independent city in the Black Forest; administrative seat of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; official name: Freiburg im Breisgau)

Freiburg im Üechtland
Freiburg im Üechtland#German

Fribourg (the capital city of Fribourg canton, Switzerland; official name: Freiburg im Üechtland)


Poseidon

de-proper noun

Poseidon m (proper noun, strong, genitive Poseidons)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ποσειδῶν (Poseidôn).


Carla

de-proper noun

Carla f (proper noun, genitive Carlas or Carla, plural Carlas)

Carlas (genitive)
Carla (genitive)
Carlas (plural)
Carla (nominative singular)
Carlas (definite nominative plural)
Carlas (genitive singular)
Carla (genitive singular)
Carlas (definite genitive plural)
Carla (dative singular)
Carlas (dative definite plural)
Carla (accusative singular)
Carlas (accusative definite plural)

a female given name, masculine equivalent Carl


Wikiwörterbuch

Wikiwörterbuch n (proper noun, strong, genitive Wikiwörterbuchs)

Wikiwörterbuchs (genitive)
Wikiwörterbuch (nominative singular)
Wikiwörterbuchs (genitive singular)
Wikiwörterbuch (dative singular)
Wikiwörterbuch (accusative singular)

(uncommon) Wiktionary, wiktionary (dictionary produced by cooperative online project)


Buenos Aires

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

Buenos Aires' (genitive)
Buenos Aires (genitive)
Buenos Aires (definite nominative singular)
Buenos Aires' (definite genitive singular)
Buenos Aires (definite genitive singular)
Buenos Aires (dative definite singular)
Buenos Aires (accusative definite singular)

/ˌbu̯ɛnɔsˈʔaɪ̯rəs/

Buenos Aires (the capital city of Argentina)


Angie

a diminutive of the female given names Angela, Angelique, Angelika, or Angelina

Specifically, a nickname for Angela Merkel


Vercingetorix

Vercingetorix m (proper noun, strong, genitive Vercingetorix' or Vercingetorixens)

Vercingetorix' (genitive)
Vercingetorixens (genitive)

[ˌvɛʁ.t͡sɪŋˈɡeː.toˌʁɪks]

Borrowed from Latin Vercingetorix, from Gaulish *Werkingetorīx.


Istanbul

Istanbul n (proper noun, genitive Istanbuls or (optionally with an article) Istanbul)

Istanbuls (genitive)
Istanbul (genitive with-article)


Charlotte

Charlotte f (proper noun, genitive Charlottes or Charlotte, plural Charlottes)

Charlottes (genitive)
Charlotte (genitive)
Charlottes (plural)
Charlotte (nominative singular)
Charlottes (definite nominative plural)
Charlottes (genitive singular)
Charlotte (genitive singular)
Charlottes (definite genitive plural)
Charlotte (dative singular)
Charlottes (dative definite plural)
Charlotte (accusative singular)
Charlottes (accusative definite plural)

Borrowed from French Charlotte and charlotte.

a female given name from French; variant forms Lotte, Lieselotte, Liselotte

The digraph ⟨Ch⟩ in the German spelling alphabet.


Afrika

Afrika n (proper noun, genitive Afrikas or (optionally with an article) Afrika)

Afrikas (genitive)
Afrika (genitive with-article)


Zelle

Zelle m or f (proper noun, strong, genitive Zelles or (with an article) Zelle, plural Zelles or Zelle)

Zelles (genitive)
Zelle (genitive)
Zelles (plural)
Zelle (plural)


Louise

a female given name from French Louise, variant of Luise


Gänseliesel

Gänseliesel f (proper noun, genitive Gänseliesel)

Gänseliesel n (proper noun, strong, genitive Gänseliesels)

Gänseliesel (genitive)
Gänseliesels (genitive)

From Gans + Liesel, literally “Goose Lizzy”.

Nach alter Tradition erklettert jeder frischgebackene Doktor den Brunnen, küsst das Gänseliesel auf den Mund und schmückt es mit einem Blumenstrauß. Dies ist im Allgemeinen das Ziel bunter Wagen und Karossen, mit denen der junge Akademiker von Freunden durch die Stadt gefahren wird. Wegen des Kusses auf den Mund nennt man sie auch oft liebevoll ‘die meistgeküsste Jungfrau der Welt’.

1967, Günter Meinhart, Die Geschichte des Göttinger Gänseliesels:

1974: Psychological Research, published by EBSCO Publishing
Ich sehe etwas Schwarzes, es könnte die Gänseliesel sein.

Weibern in die Schlüpfer faßt, der sollte hier nicht sitzen wie die Gänseliesel am Brunnen.

1979, Horst Schlötelburg, Briefe nach jenseits.:

The Goose-Girl, a now-famous statue and fountain in Göttingen, Germany, affectionately called die meistgeküsste Jungfrau der Welt (“the most kissed virgin in the world”).


Sahara

die Sahara f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Sahara)

die Sahara (canonical feminine)
der Sahara (definite genitive)
Sahara (definite nominative singular)
Sahara (definite genitive singular)
Sahara (dative definite singular)
Sahara (accusative definite singular)

Borrowed from Arabic صَحَارَى (ṣaḥārā, “deserts”).


Adrian

de-proper noun

m,-􂀿only with an article􂁀:s,e:s􂀿colloquial􂁀

Adrian m (proper noun, strong, genitive (only with an article) Adrian or Adrians, plural Adriane or (colloquial) Adrians)

Adrian (genitive)
Adrians (genitive)
Adriane (plural)
Adrians (colloquial plural)
Adrian (nominative singular)
Adriane (definite nominative plural)
Adrians (colloquial definite nominative plural)
Adrian (genitive singular)
Adrians (genitive singular)
Adriane (definite genitive plural)
Adrians (colloquial definite genitive plural)
Adrian (dative singular)
Adrianen (dative definite plural)
Adrians (colloquial dative definite plural)
Adrian (accusative singular)
Adriane (accusative definite plural)
Adrians (accusative colloquial definite plural)

From Latin Hadriānus, ultimately from Etruscan 𐌇𐌀𐌕𐌓𐌉𐌀 (hatria).

a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Adrian


Friedrich

Friedrich m (proper noun, strong, genitive Friedrichs, feminine Friederike)

Friedrichs (genitive)
Friederike (feminine)

/ˈfʁiː.dʁɪç/

/ˈfʁiː.də.ʁɪç/

/ˈfʁɪ.də.ʁɪç/

Inherited from Old High German Fridurih (fridu (“peace”) + -rih (“suffix for male names, originally a noun meaning king”)), from Proto-West Germanic *Friþurīk.

a male given name, equivalent to English Frederick


Friedrich

Friedrich m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Friedrichs or (with an article) Friedrich, feminine genitive Friedrich, plural Friedrichs)

Friedrichs (genitive masculine)
Friedrich (genitive masculine)
Friedrich (feminine genitive)
Friedrichs (plural)

→ English: Frederick

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→ Chinese: → 弗里德里希 (Fúlǐdélǐxī) (transliteration)

/ˈfʁiː.dʁɪç/

/ˈfʁiː.də.ʁɪç/

/ˈfʁɪ.də.ʁɪç/


Herbert

de-proper noun

Herbert m (proper noun, strong, genitive Herberts)

From Old High German heri (“army”) + beraht (“bright”). Older cognates are Old French Herbert and Frankish *Hari-bercht, hinting at a shared Proto-Germanic source *Harjaberhtaz.
Modern cognates include English Herbert and English Hebbard, Czech Herbert, French Herbert and Swedish Herbert

a male given name, equivalent to English Herbert


Rolf

Medieval German contraction of Rudolf. Later associated with modern Scandinavian Rolf.

a male given name, popular in Germany from the 1920's to the 1950's


Champagne

Champagne f (proper noun, genitive Champagne)

Champagne (a region and former province of France, the terroir of the wine champagne; now part of Grand Est)


Wilhelm

Armenian: Վիլհելմ (Vilhelm)

→ Danish: Vilhelm

⇒ Esperanto: Vilhelmo

→ Faroese: Vilhelmur

→ Finnish: Wilhelm

→ Latvian: Vilhelms

→ Lithuanian: Vilhelmas

→ Norwegian: Vilhelm

→ Polish: Wilhelm

→ Romanian: Vilhelm

Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic script: Вилим

Latin script: Vilim

→ Swedish: Vilhelm
→ Finnish: Vilhelmi

From Old High German Willahelm from Proto-Germanic *Wiljahelmaz.

a male given name, feminine equivalent Wilhelmina, Wilhelmine, or Minna, equivalent to English William; diminutive forms Willi, Willy


Wilhelm

Wilhelm m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Wilhelms or (with an article) Wilhelm, feminine genitive Wilhelm, plural Wilhelms)

Wilhelms (genitive masculine)
Wilhelm (genitive masculine)
Wilhelm (feminine genitive)
Wilhelms (plural)


Siegmeister

Siegmeister m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Siegmeisters or (with an article) Siegmeister, feminine genitive Siegmeister, plural Siegmeisters or Siegmeister)

Siegmeisters (genitive masculine)
Siegmeister (genitive masculine)
Siegmeister (feminine genitive)
Siegmeisters (plural)
Siegmeister (plural)
Siegmeister (masculine nominative singular)
Siegmeister (feminine nominative singular)
Siegmeisters (definite nominative plural)
Siegmeister (definite nominative plural)
Siegmeisters (genitive masculine singular)
Siegmeister (genitive masculine singular)
Siegmeister (feminine genitive singular)
Siegmeisters (definite genitive plural)
Siegmeister (definite genitive plural)
Siegmeister (dative masculine singular)
Siegmeister (dative feminine singular)
Siegmeisters (dative definite plural)
Siegmeister (dative definite plural)
Siegmeister (accusative masculine singular)
Siegmeister (accusative feminine singular)
Siegmeisters (accusative definite plural)
Siegmeister (accusative definite plural)


Erika

a female given name from the North Germanic languages, masculine equivalent Erik; variant form Erica; sometimes interpreted as a flower name


Monica

a female given name, a less common variant of Monika


Freund

Freund m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Freunds or (with an article) Freund, feminine genitive Freund, plural Freunds)

Freunds (genitive masculine)
Freund (genitive masculine)
Freund (feminine genitive)
Freunds (plural)

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Inherited from Middle High German vriunt, from Old High German friunt, from Proto-West Germanic *friund, from Proto-Germanic *frijōndz (“lit., the loving one; lover, loved one, friend”), from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *preyH-.
Cognate with Dutch vriend, German Low German Fründ, Luxembourgish Frënd, West Frisian freon, English friend, Danish frænde (“relative”), Faroese frændi (“friend, relative”), Icelandic frændi (“relative”), Norwegian Bokmål frende (“relative”), Norwegian Nynorsk frende (“relative”), Swedish frände (“relative”), Welsh ffrind (“friend”), Yiddish פֿרײַנד (fraynd, “friend”), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌾𐍉𐌽𐌳𐍃 (frijōnds, “friend”), Old English frēond (“friend, lover”), Old Norse frændi (“friend, relative”).


Nordkorea

de-proper noun

Nordkorea n (proper noun, genitive Nordkoreas or (optionally with an article) Nordkorea)

Nordkoreas (genitive)
Nordkorea (genitive with-article)
Nordkorea (definite nominative singular)
Nordkoreas (definite genitive singular)
Nordkorea (definite genitive singular with-article)
Nordkorea (dative definite singular)
Nordkorea (accusative definite singular)


Abessinien

Abessinien n (proper noun, strong, genitive Abessiniens)

Abyssinia (the historical name of Ethiopia)


Mosambik

Mosambik n (proper noun, genitive Mosambiks or (optionally with an article) Mosambik)

Mosambiks (genitive)
Mosambik (genitive with-article)

Mozambique (a country in East Africa and Southern Africa)


Rebecca

a female given name from English [in turn from Biblical Hebrew], variant of Rebekka


Köln

Köln n (proper noun, genitive Kölns or (optionally with an article) Köln)

Kölns (genitive)
Köln (genitive with-article)

→ Hungarian: Köln

→ Icelandic: Köln

→ Russian: Кёльн (Kjolʹn)

From Early New High German Coellen, ultimately borrowed from Latin Colōnia (Agrippīna) (“(Agrippine) Colony”), shortened from of Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium, the official Latin name of the original Roman settlement at Köln.

bor

Cologne (the largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in northwestern Germany)


Adolf

de-proper noun

Adolf m (proper noun, strong, genitive Adolfs or (with an article) Adolf)

From Old High German adal (“noble”) + wolf (“wolf”).

a male given name from the Germanic languages, equivalent to English Adolph


Luftwaffe

die Luftwaffe f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Luftwaffe)

die Luftwaffe (canonical feminine)
der Luftwaffe (definite genitive)

(historical) The air force of the Third Reich.

Federal Republic of Germany
Federal Republic of Germany

The air force of the Federal Republic of Germany.


Unternehmen Eiche

the Gran Sasso raid (the daring rescue of Benito Mussolini by German special forces in World War II)


Diana

a female given name, equivalent to English Diana


Heine

Shortened from Heinrich, the German cognate of Henry, originally Haimirich, ruler of the home, from haim (“home”) and -rich (“powerful, king”).


Heine

Heine m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Heines or (with an article) Heine, feminine genitive Heine, plural Heines or Heine)

Heines (genitive masculine)
Heine (genitive masculine)
Heine (feminine genitive)
Heines (plural)
Heine (plural)

Transliterations of the German surname

Arabic: هَايْنَه (hayna)

Armenian: Հայնե (Hayne)

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Belarusian: Ге́йнэ (Hjéjne), Га́йнэ (Hájne)

Bulgarian: Ха́йне (Hájne)

Chinese:

Mandarin: 海涅 (Hǎiniè)

Georgian: ჰაინე (haine)

Greek: Χάινε (Cháine)

Hebrew: היינה (hayne)

Japanese: ハイネ (Haine)

Korean: 하이 (Hai)

Macedonian: Хајне (Hajne)

Persian: هاینه (hâyne)

Russian: Ге́йне (Géjnɛ)

Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic script: Хајне

Ukrainian: Ге́йне (Héjne)

a surname originating as a patronymic, notably of Heinrich Heine


Scientology

de-proper noun

Scientology f or n (proper noun, strong, genitive Scientology or Scientologys)

Scientology (genitive)
Scientologys (genitive)

/ˌsaɪ̯ənˈtɔləˌdʒiː/

Church of Scientology
Church of Scientology


Franz

Clipping of Franziskus, from Latin Franciscus, cognate to English Francis.

a male given name, equivalent to English Francis


Ludwig

Ludwig m (proper noun, strong, genitive Ludwigs)

→ Czech: Ludvík

→ English: Ludwig

→ Finnish: Ludvig

→ Latvian: Ludvigs

→ Norwegian: Ludvig

→ Polish: Ludwik

→ Swedish: Ludvig

desc

→ Chinese: → 路德維希／路德维希 (Lùdéwéixī) (transliteration)

Ludwigslied
Oaths of Strasbourg
Rhine Franconian

From Middle High German Ludewig, from Old High German Ludhuwīg, Hludwig, *Hlūtwīg, from Proto-West Germanic *Hlūdawīg. The first element is (h)lūt (“famed; loud”) (whence modern German laut), from Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz, *hlūþaz (whence also English loud), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- (“to hear”). The second element is Old High German wīg (“battle, strife”) from Proto-Germanic *wīgą.
The name is attested as Ludhuwīg in the Straßburger Eide of 842 (where it contrasts with Old French Lodhuuig and Latin Lodhuuic), and as Hludwig in the Rhine Franconian Old High German of the Ludwigslied of 881 (where it contrasts with Latin Hluduicus). Compare Clovis, Dutch Lodewijk, English Lewis, and French Louis.

a male given name, feminine equivalent Luise, Luisa, Louise, or Louisa; variant forms Lutz, Luis, Louis


Ludwig

de-proper noun

Ludwig m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Ludwigs or (with an article) Ludwig, feminine genitive Ludwig, plural Ludwigs)

Ludwigs (genitive masculine)
Ludwig (genitive masculine)
Ludwig (feminine genitive)
Ludwigs (plural)


Peking

Peking n (proper noun, genitive Pekings or (optionally with an article) Peking)

Pekings (genitive)
Peking (genitive with-article)

Ultimately from the Nanking court dialect Mandarin 北京 (Běijīng) from before the modern palatalization of /k/ to /tɕ/. Compare Portuguese Pequim, Spanish Pekín, Dutch Peking, English Peking, French Pékin.

Tatsächlich jedoch dürfte vor allem die Angst vor der chinesischen Regierung überwiegen: Ein Rückzug von VW aus Xinjiang würde für Peking schließlich einen tiefen Gesichtsverlust darstellen.

2023 December 15, Fabian Kretschmer, “Zwangsarbeitsvorwürfe gegen Volkswagen: Zweifel an VW-Bericht zu Uiguren”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:

Beijing, Peking (a direct-administered municipality, the capital city of China)


Ferdinand

Ferdinand m (proper noun, strong, genitive Ferdinands)

From Spanish Ferdinando, from Proto-Germanic *fardiz (“journey”) + *nanþaz (“daring”) (from the root of *ninþaną (“to be daring”)).

a male given name, equivalent to English Ferdinand


Dennis

a male given name, an English-type variant of Denis


Arnold

Arnold m (proper noun, strong, genitive Arnolds or (with an article) Arnold)

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *arô (“eagle”, cf. Aar, Adler) + *waldaz (“ruler”, cf. walten).


Arnold

Arnold m or f (proper noun, strong, genitive Arnolds or (with an article) Arnold, plural Arnolds or Arnold)

Arnolds (genitive)
Arnold (genitive)
Arnolds (plural)
Arnold (plural)

a surname transferred from the given name


Ritschel

Ritschel m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Ritschels or (with an article) Ritschel, feminine genitive Ritschel, plural Ritschels or Ritschel)

Ritschels (genitive masculine)
Ritschel (genitive masculine)
Ritschel (feminine genitive)
Ritschels (plural)
Ritschel (plural)


Heinz

a diminutive of the male given name Heinrich


Napoleon

Napoleon m (proper noun, strong, genitive Napoleons)

Napoleons (genitive)
Napoleon (masculine nominative singular)
Napoleon (feminine nominative singular)
Napoleons (definite nominative plural)
Napoleons (genitive masculine singular)
Napoleon (genitive masculine singular)
Napoleon (feminine genitive singular)
Napoleons (definite genitive plural)
Napoleon (dative masculine singular)
Napoleon (dative feminine singular)
Napoleons (dative definite plural)
Napoleon (accusative masculine singular)
Napoleon (accusative feminine singular)
Napoleons (accusative definite plural)


Alle

die Alle f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Alle)

die Alle (canonical feminine)
der Alle (definite genitive)

Derived from Old Prussian Alna, from alna (“to flow”).

Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship
Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship#English

Łyna (a river in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland)


Aller

die Aller f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Aller)

die Aller (canonical feminine)
der Aller (definite genitive)

From Old High German Alara, from earlier Elera and Alera, of uncertain origin:.
* From Proto-Germanic *alizō (“alder”) + *ahwō (“water”), meaning "alder water".
* From the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁ey- common in many other river names, such as the Allia in Latium, Alaunus in some Celtic sites, and the Ille in Brittany. See also French aller (“to go”), German eilen (“to hasten, hurry”), Swedish ila. More at Aller.


Apian

Apian m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Apians or (with an article) Apian, feminine genitive Apian, plural Apians)

Apians (genitive masculine)
Apian (genitive masculine)
Apian (feminine genitive)
Apians (plural)

16th century, Germanisation from Apianus.


Amor

Amor m (proper noun, strong, genitive Amors or Amor)

Amors (genitive)
Amor (genitive)
Amor (nominative singular)
Amors (genitive singular)
Amor (genitive singular)
Amor (dative singular)
Amor (accusative singular)

Doch als es morgens tagte, / Mein Kind, wie staunten wir! / Denn zwischen uns saß Amor, / Der blinde Passagier

1827, Heinrich Heine, “Die Heimkehr”, in Buch der Lieder [Book of Songs], Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe:


Adel

Adel m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Adels or (with an article) Adel, feminine genitive Adel, plural Adels or Adel)

Adels (genitive masculine)
Adel (genitive masculine)
Adel (feminine genitive)
Adels (plural)
Adel (plural)

From Old High German adal, from Proto-West Germanic *aþal. More at athel. The surname is shortened from male given names beginning with Adel-.


Baskisch

Baskisch n (proper noun, language name, genitive Baskisch or Baskischs, alternative nominative (used with the definite article) Baskische, alternative genitive Baskischen, no plural)

Baskisch (genitive)
Baskischs (genitive)
Baskische (alternative nominative)
Baskischen (alternative genitive)


Bokmål

Bokmål n (proper noun, strong, genitive Bokmål or Bokmåls)

Borrowed from Norwegian bokmål (“book language”).

bor+

Bokmål (One of the two major written standards of Norwegian)


Aster

Borrowed from Latin astēr (“star”). Doublet of Star and Stern.


Björn

Borrowed from Swedish Björn in the 1930s.


Au

de-proper noun

Au n (proper noun, genitive Aus or (optionally with an article) Au)

or (optionally with an article) Au (Australia genitive)
Au (definite nominative singular)
Aus (definite genitive singular)
Au (definite genitive singular with-article)
Au (dative definite singular)
Au (accusative definite singular)

A municipality of Saint Gallen canton, Switzerland


Antichrist

der Antichrist m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Antichristen or des Antichrists)

der Antichrist (canonical masculine)
des Antichristen (definite genitive)
des Antichrists (definite genitive)
Antichrist (definite nominative singular)
Antichristen (definite genitive singular)
Antichrists (definite genitive singular)
Antichristen (dative definite singular)
Antichrist (accusative definite singular)


Boy

Boy m (proper noun, strong, genitive Boys)


Montenegro

Montenegro n (proper noun, genitive Montenegros or (optionally with an article) Montenegro)

Montenegros (genitive)
Montenegro (genitive with-article)

Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Bikini

→ English: Bikini

→ French: Bikini

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⇒ French: bikini
→ Dutch: bikini
→ English: bikini
→ Norwegian Bokmål: bikini
→ German: Bikini
→ Portuguese: biquíni
→ Spanish: biquini

Marshall Islands
Marshall Islands#English

Bikini (an atoll in the Marshall Islands)


Commonwealth

de-proper noun

das Commonwealth n (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Commonwealth)

das Commonwealth (canonical neuter)
des Commonwealth (definite genitive)

Commonwealth of Nations
Commonwealth of Nations


Android

Android n (proper noun, strong, genitive Androids or Android)

Androids (genitive)
Android (genitive)
Android (nominative singular)
Androids (genitive singular)
Android (genitive singular)
Android (dative singular)
Android (accusative singular)

Unadapted borrowing from English android.

ubor

(computing, mobile telephony) Android (operating system)


Alma

a female given name, equivalent to English Alma


Abraham

de-proper noun

Abraham m (proper noun, strong, genitive Abrahams)

Borrowed from Late Latin Ābraham, from Ancient Greek Ἀβραάμ (Abraám), from Hebrew אַבְרָהָם (aḇrāˈhām, “Abraham”).

a male given name from Biblical Hebrew, equivalent to English Abraham


Anke

Anke f (proper noun, genitive Ankes or Anke, plural Anken or (colloquial) Ankes)

Ankes (genitive)
Anke (genitive)
Anken (plural)
Ankes (colloquial plural)
Anke (nominative singular)
Anken (definite nominative plural)
Ankes (colloquial definite nominative plural)
Ankes (genitive singular)
Anke (genitive singular)
Anken (definite genitive plural)
Ankes (colloquial definite genitive plural)
Anke (dative singular)
Anken (dative definite plural)
Ankes (colloquial dative definite plural)
Anke (accusative singular)
Anken (accusative definite plural)
Ankes (accusative colloquial definite plural)

a diminutive of the female given name Anna, from Low German


Benedict

Benedict m (proper noun, strong, genitive Benedicts)

a male given name, a less common variant of Benedikt


Bantu

Bantu n (proper noun, strong, genitive Bantu or Bantus)

Bantu (genitive)
Bantus (genitive)
Bantu (nominative singular)
Bantu (genitive singular)
Bantus (genitive singular)
Bantu (dative singular)
Bantu (accusative singular)


Ben

Ben m (proper noun, strong, genitive Bens)

a diminutive of the male given name Benjamin


Baden

Baden n (proper noun, strong, genitive Badens)

The name comes from the Margraviate of Baden. The surname is a patronymic form of Bade, from Old High German badu (“battle, strife”), from Proto-West Germanic *badu.

Baden (various places with multiple hot springs, named using a former plural form of Bad (“bath”))

A municipality of Lower Austria, Austria


Cupido

Cupido m (proper noun, strong, genitive Cupidos)

Cupidos (genitive)
Cupido (nominative singular)
Cupidos (genitive singular)
Cupido (dative singular)
Cupido (accusative singular)

Den edlen Müßiggang lehr ich hernach dich schätzen, / Und bald empfindest du mit innigem Ergetzen, / Wie sich Cupido regt und hin und wider springt.

1808, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “Hexenküche”, in Faust: Der Tragödie erster Teil [Faust, Part One]:


Dirk

a male given name from Low German, variant of Dietrich, equivalent to English Derek


Brand

Brand n (proper noun, genitive Brands or (optionally with an article) Brand)

Brands (genitive)
Brand (genitive with-article)
Brand (definite nominative singular)
Brands (definite genitive singular)
Brand (definite genitive singular with-article)
Brand (dative definite singular)
Brand (accusative definite singular)


Beck

Beck m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Becks or (with an article) Beck, feminine genitive Beck, plural Becks)

Becks (genitive masculine)
Beck (genitive masculine)
Beck (feminine genitive)
Becks (plural)

→ English: Beck

From Middle High German becke, from Old High German becko, ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *bakārijaz (“baker”). Doublet of Bäcker.


Berg

Berg m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Bergs or (with an article) Berg, feminine genitive Berg, plural Bergs)

Bergs (genitive masculine)
Berg (genitive masculine)
Berg (feminine genitive)
Bergs (plural)

Northern and Central Germany, Franconia, Lower Bavaria

From Middle High German bërc, from Old High German berg, itself from Proto-West Germanic *berg, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bergaz.
Compare Dutch berg, Low German Barg, Biärg, West Frisian berch, English berry, barrow, Danish bjerg, Swedish berg.

a surname, as of the composer Alban Berg


Berg

Berg n (proper noun, genitive Bergs or (optionally with an article) Berg)

Bergs (genitive)
Berg (genitive with-article)

Berg (a former duchy and later grand duchy in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)

Berg (a municipality of Lower Austria, Austria)

Berg (any of three municipalities in Bavaria, Germany)

Berg (any of three municipalities in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)

Berg (any of two municipalities in Switzerland)


Deutsch

Deutsch n (proper noun, language name, genitive Deutsch or Deutschs, alternative nominative (used with the definite article) Deutsche, alternative genitive Deutschen, no plural)

Deutsch (genitive)
Deutschs (genitive)
Deutsche (alternative nominative)
Deutschen (alternative genitive)
Deutsch (nominative singular usually-without-article)
Deutsche (definite nominative singular)
Deutsch (genitive singular usually-without-article)
Deutschs (genitive singular usually-without-article)
Deutschen (definite genitive singular)
Deutsch (dative singular usually-without-article)
Deutschen (dative definite singular)
Deutsch (accusative singular usually-without-article)
Deutsche (accusative definite singular)

desctree

>? Japanese: ドイツ (Doitsu)
→ English: Doitsu
→ Korean: 독일 (dogil)

auf Deutsch

Sprechen Sie Deutsch?

Das Deutsche ist formenreicher als das Englische, […]

1922, Eduard Engel, Deutsche Stilkunst, page 65:

German has a greater wealth of [inflected] forms than English, […]

Das Deutsch ist immer nur ein Teil des Deutschen: gutes oder schlechtes, falsches oder richtiges Deutsch, das Deutsch unserer Klassiker und das Deutsch, das wir heute sprechen, das Deutsch, das man lernt, schreibt, versteht […]

1965, Edith Hallwass, Wer ist im Deutschen sattelfest?: Sprachlehre in Frage und Antwort, page 13:

[The] German [idiolect] is always only a part of the German language: good or bad, wrong or right German, the German of our classics and the German that we speak today, the German that one learns, writes, understands […]

Die Besonderheiten sind auf die Zeit, den Raum und den gesprochenen Charakter seines Deutschs zurückzuführen.

2002, Dieter Cherubim, Karlheinz Jakob, Angelika Linke, editors, Neue deutsche Sprachgeschichte: mentalitäts-, kultur- und sozialgeschichtliche Zusammenhänge, page 396:

The idiosyncrasies are attributable to the era, the area and spoken character of his German [idiolect].

Statt der institutionellen Stärkung des Deutschen ist eher die umgekehrte Wirkung festzustellen, nämlich dass die fortdauernde institutionelle Schwäche des Deutschen seinen Wert in den Augen der Ostmitteleuropäer mindert […]

2007, Ulrich Ammon, Klaus J. Mattheier, Sprachliche Folgen der EU-Erweiterung, page 135:

Not the institutional strengthening of [the] German [language] but the opposite effect can be seen, namely that the persistent institutional weaknesses of German reduce its worth in the eyes of the East-Central Europeans […]

Dieser Befund legt die Vermutung nahe, dass Sprecher des American Low German lediglich nach Englisch und Deutsch kategorisieren und innerhalb von Deutsch nicht weiter nach Niederdeutsch und Hochdeutsch unterscheiden.

Michael Elmentaler, Joachim Gessinger, Jan Wirrer, Qualitative und quantitative Verfahren in der Ethnodialektologie am Beispiel von Salienz, in: 2010, Christina Ada Anders, Markus Hundt, Alexander Lasch (eds.), »Perceptual Dialectology«: Neue Wege der Dialektologie, p. 111ff., here p. 138

German (primary language of Germany and several surrounding countries)


Dynamo

de-proper noun

Dynamo n or m (proper noun, strong, genitive Dynamos)

After English dynamo, from dynamo-electric machine, itself from German dynamoelektrische Maschine, coined by Werner von Siemens, based on Ancient Greek δύναμις (dúnamis, “power”).

der

Part of, and short form for, the names of several sports clubs in former East Germany, especially Dynamo Dresden and Berliner FC Dynamo.


Eric

Variant of Erich, borrowed from English Eric or from French Éric.


Carl

a male given name, a less common variant of Karl


Eider

de-proper noun

die Eider f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Eider)

die Eider (canonical feminine)
der Eider (definite genitive)

Eider (a river in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)


Excel

Excel n (proper noun, strong, genitive Excels)

Borrowed from English Excel with an assumed pronunciation, i.e. a spelling pronunciation based on what might be expected in English.


Elma

a female given name, equivalent to English Elma


Diesel

Diesel m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Diesels or (with an article) Diesel, feminine genitive Diesel, plural Diesels or Diesel)

Diesels (genitive masculine)
Diesel (genitive masculine)
Diesel (feminine genitive)
Diesels (plural)
Diesel (plural)

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


Fucking

Fucking n (proper noun, genitive Fuckings or (optionally with an article) Fucking)

Fuckings (genitive)
Fucking (genitive with-article)
Fucking (definite nominative singular)
Fuckings (definite genitive singular)
Fucking (definite genitive singular with-article)
Fucking (dative definite singular)
Fucking (accusative definite singular)

From Focko (the founder's name) + -ing (denoting a people's membership; belonging to).

suffix

Fucking (former name of a village in the Innviertel region of Upper Austria, now called Fugging)


Engel

de-proper noun

Engel m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Engels or (with an article) Engel, feminine genitive Engel, plural Engels or Engel)

Engels (genitive masculine)
Engel (genitive masculine)
Engel (feminine genitive)
Engels (plural)
Engel (plural)
Engel (masculine nominative singular)
Engel (feminine nominative singular)
Engels (definite nominative plural)
Engel (definite nominative plural)
Engels (genitive masculine singular)
Engel (genitive masculine singular)
Engel (feminine genitive singular)
Engels (definite genitive plural)
Engel (definite genitive plural)
Engel (dative masculine singular)
Engel (dative feminine singular)
Engels (dative definite plural)
Engel (dative definite plural)
Engel (accusative masculine singular)
Engel (accusative feminine singular)
Engels (accusative definite plural)
Engel (accusative definite plural)

Short form of given names beginning with Engel-, such as Engelbert. Also a nickname for someone with an angelic disposition, or for someone living in a house with a sign of an angel.

a surname transferred from the given name


Braun

Braun m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Brauns or (with an article) Braun, feminine genitive Braun, plural Brauns)

Brauns (genitive masculine)
Braun (genitive masculine)
Braun (feminine genitive)
Brauns (plural)

a common surname transferred from the nickname, equivalent to English Brown


Bär

Bär m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Bärs or (with an article) Bär, feminine genitive Bär, plural Bärs)

Bärs (genitive masculine)
Bär (genitive masculine)
Bär (feminine genitive)
Bärs (plural)

From Middle High German bër m, Old High German bero m, from Proto-West Germanic *berō, from Proto-Germanic *berô, conventionally taken to be a taboo-avoidance term derived from the word for "brown".
Compare Dutch beer, English bear, West Frisian bear, Danish bjørn.

a common surname transferred from the nickname


Gent

Gent n (proper noun, genitive Gents or (optionally with an article) Gent)

Gents (genitive)
Gent (genitive with-article)


Galicisch

Galicisch n (proper noun, language name, genitive Galicisch or Galicischs, alternative nominative (used with the definite article) Galicische, alternative genitive Galicischen, no plural)

Galicisch (genitive)
Galicischs (genitive)
Galicische (alternative nominative)
Galicischen (alternative genitive)


Ellen

Borrowed from English Ellen and Danish Ellen.


Französisch

Französisch n (proper noun, language name, genitive Französisch or Französischs, alternative nominative (used with the definite article) Französische, alternative genitive Französischen, no plural)

Französisch (genitive)
Französischs (genitive)
Französische (alternative nominative)
Französischen (alternative genitive)
Französisch (nominative singular usually-without-article)
Französische (definite nominative singular)
Französisch (genitive singular usually-without-article)
Französischs (genitive singular usually-without-article)
Französischen (definite genitive singular)
Französisch (dative singular usually-without-article)
Französischen (dative definite singular)
Französisch (accusative singular usually-without-article)
Französische (accusative definite singular)


Englisch

Englisch n (proper noun, language name, genitive Englisch or Englischs, alternative nominative (used with the definite article) Englische, alternative genitive Englischen, no plural)

Englisch (genitive)
Englischs (genitive)
Englische (alternative nominative)
Englischen (alternative genitive)
Englisch (nominative singular usually-without-article)
Englische (definite nominative singular)
Englisch (genitive singular usually-without-article)
Englischs (genitive singular usually-without-article)
Englischen (definite genitive singular)
Englisch (dative singular usually-without-article)
Englischen (dative definite singular)
Englisch (accusative singular usually-without-article)
Englische (accusative definite singular)

(soccer, dialectal, parts of western Germany) A children’s game for three or more participants played with one goal. Players try to reduce the goalkeeper’s points by scoring volley goals. Missing the goal makes the respective player the goalkeeper. The first player to forfeit all their points is the loser.


Groß

Groß m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Groß' or (with an article) Groß, feminine genitive Groß, plural Groß or Großens)

Groß' (genitive masculine)
Groß (genitive masculine)
Groß (feminine genitive)
Groß (plural)
Großens (plural)
Groß (masculine nominative singular)
Groß (feminine nominative singular)
Groß (definite nominative plural)
Großens (definite nominative plural)
Groß' (genitive masculine singular)
Groß (genitive masculine singular)
Groß (feminine genitive singular)
Groß (definite genitive plural)
Großens (definite genitive plural)
Groß (dative masculine singular)
Groß (dative feminine singular)
Groß (dative definite plural)
Großens (dative definite plural)
Groß (accusative masculine singular)
Groß (accusative feminine singular)
Groß (accusative definite plural)
Großens (accusative definite plural)


Hella

a female given name, variant of Helene or Helga


Bug

Bug m (proper noun, strong, genitive Bugs)


Faro

Faro n (proper noun, genitive Faros or (optionally with an article) Faro)

Faros (genitive)
Faro (genitive with-article)

Borrowed from Portuguese Faro, from Old Galician-Portuguese Faaron.


Band

Band m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Bands or (with an article) Band, feminine genitive Band, plural Bands)

Bands (genitive masculine)
Band (genitive masculine)
Band (feminine genitive)
Bands (plural)
Band (masculine nominative singular)
Band (feminine nominative singular)
Bands (definite nominative plural)
Bands (genitive masculine singular)
Band (genitive masculine singular)
Band (feminine genitive singular)
Bands (definite genitive plural)
Band (dative masculine singular)
Band (dative feminine singular)
Bands (dative definite plural)
Band (accusative masculine singular)
Band (accusative feminine singular)
Bands (accusative definite plural)


Giraffe

Giraffe f (proper noun, genitive Giraffe)

→ Danish: giraf

→ Dutch: giraf, giraffe

→ Hungarian: zsiráf

predominant; only common form in Germany

From Middle High German geraff, seraffe, schraffe, partly via Italian giraffa, partly directly (in travel reports) from Arabic زَرافَة (zarāfa).

Der Kameelparder oder die Giraffe, Camelopardalis, in dem ansehnlichen Raum zwischen dem Nordpol und dem Fuhrmann.

1809, Ludewig Ideler, Untersuchungen über den Ursprung und die Bedeutung der Sternnamen, Berlin, page 353:

Die Giraffe oder der Kameelparder
steht zwischen dem Nordpol, Furmann, Cassiopeja und dem Kopfe des großen Bären, und nimmt einen ziemlich großen Raum am Himmel ein, besteht aber nur aus vielen kleinen Sternen, deren Anzahl Flamsteed auf 51 gesetzt hat.

1823, Joh. Elert Bode, Betrachtung der Gestirne und des Weltgebäudes, Berlin, page 49:


Fleck

Fleck m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Flecks or (with an article) Fleck, feminine genitive Fleck, plural Flecks)

Flecks (genitive masculine)
Fleck (genitive masculine)
Fleck (feminine genitive)
Flecks (plural)
Fleck (masculine nominative singular)
Fleck (feminine nominative singular)
Flecks (definite nominative plural)
Flecks (genitive masculine singular)
Fleck (genitive masculine singular)
Fleck (feminine genitive singular)
Flecks (definite genitive plural)
Fleck (dative masculine singular)
Fleck (dative feminine singular)
Flecks (dative definite plural)
Fleck (accusative masculine singular)
Fleck (accusative feminine singular)
Flecks (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German vlëc, from Old High German flec, flek, from Proto-Germanic *flekka- (“spot, mark”). Cognate with Dutch vlek, English fleck.


Ido

Ido n (proper noun, strong, genitive Ido or Idos)


Indonesisch

Indonesisch n (proper noun, language name, genitive Indonesisch or Indonesischs, alternative nominative (used with the definite article) Indonesische, alternative genitive Indonesischen, no plural)

Indonesisch (genitive)
Indonesischs (genitive)
Indonesische (alternative nominative)
Indonesischen (alternative genitive)


Dill

die Dill f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Dill)

die Dill (canonical feminine)
der Dill (definite genitive)

A river flowing through central Hesse; tributary of the Lahn


Dill

Dill n (proper noun, genitive Dills or (optionally with an article) Dill)

Dills (genitive)
Dill (genitive with-article)

A municipality of Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis district, Rhineland-Palatinate


Dill

Dill m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Dills or (with an article) Dill, feminine genitive Dill, plural Dills)

Dills (genitive masculine)
Dill (genitive masculine)
Dill (feminine genitive)
Dills (plural)


Gunter

a male given name of rare usage, variant of Günther


Gunter

Gunter m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Gunters or (with an article) Gunter, feminine genitive Gunter, plural Gunters or Gunter)

Gunters (genitive masculine)
Gunter (genitive masculine)
Gunter (feminine genitive)
Gunters (plural)
Gunter (plural)


Gross

Gross m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Gross' or (with an article) Gross, feminine genitive Gross, plural Gross or Grossens)

Gross' (genitive masculine)
Gross (genitive masculine)
Gross (feminine genitive)
Gross (plural)
Grossens (plural)


Echo

Echo f (proper noun, genitive Echo or Echos)

Echo (genitive)
Echos (genitive)
Echo (nominative singular)
Echo (genitive singular)
Echos (genitive singular)
Echo (dative singular)
Echo (accusative singular)

From Latin echo, from Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhṓ).


Ali

Ali m (proper noun, strong, genitive Alis)


Index

the index, maintained by the Bundesprüfstelle für jugendgefärdende Medien ("Federal department for examination of youth‐endangering media"), of media not allowed to be distributed within Germany


Hymen

Hymen m (proper noun, strong, genitive Hymens or Hymen)


Bergen

Bergen n (proper noun, genitive Bergens or (optionally with an article) Bergen)

Bergens (genitive)
Bergen (genitive with-article)

Cognate with Dutch berg (“mountain”) [cfr. etymology 2], German Berg (“mountain”), etc.

A town on the island of Rügen, in the Baltic Sea, Germany

The Belgian city Mons, in the former countship Hennegau (and modern Hainaut province)


Bergen

From Norwegian Bergen, from Old Norse Bjǫrgvin (“meadow between the mountains”), cognate with Dutch berg (“mountain”) [cfr. etymology 1], German Berg (“mountain”), etc.


Essen

de-proper noun

Essen n (proper noun, genitive Essens or (optionally with an article) Essen)

Essens (genitive)
Essen (genitive with-article)

→ English: Essen

→ Latvian: Esene

→ Lithuanian: Esenas

→ Yiddish: עסן (Esn)

Disputed. Found in its earliest form as Astnide, which could refer to a region of ash trees and be related to Esche (see Old High German asc).

Essen (a major industrial city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany)


Lettisch

Lettisch n (proper noun, language name, genitive Lettisch or Lettischs, alternative nominative (used with the definite article) Lettische, alternative genitive Lettischen, no plural)

Lettisch (genitive)
Lettischs (genitive)
Lettische (alternative nominative)
Lettischen (alternative genitive)


Heck

Heck m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Hecks or (with an article) Heck, feminine genitive Heck, plural Hecks)

Hecks (genitive masculine)
Heck (genitive masculine)
Heck (feminine genitive)
Hecks (plural)
Heck (masculine nominative singular)
Heck (feminine nominative singular)
Hecks (definite nominative plural)
Hecks (genitive masculine singular)
Heck (genitive masculine singular)
Heck (feminine genitive singular)
Hecks (definite genitive plural)
Heck (dative masculine singular)
Heck (dative feminine singular)
Hecks (dative definite plural)
Heck (accusative masculine singular)
Heck (accusative feminine singular)
Hecks (accusative definite plural)

From Middle Low German heck (“wooden fencing”), from Old Saxon *hekki, from Proto-West Germanic *hakkju. The sense “back of a ship” because the position of the helmsman in the stern was enclosed by such a fence. Cognate to Dutch hek, English hatch.


Herne

de-proper noun

Herne n (proper noun, genitive Hernes or (optionally with an article) Herne)

Hernes (genitive)
Herne (genitive with-article)
Herne (definite nominative singular)
Hernes (definite genitive singular)
Herne (definite genitive singular with-article)
Herne (dative definite singular)
Herne (accusative definite singular)

From Middle High German Hernen, from Old High German Haranni.

Herne (an independent city in Ruhr Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)

A municipality of Flemish Brabant, Belgium


Bob

Bob m (proper noun, strong, genitive Bobs or (with an article) Bob)


Laurin

Uncertain. Name of a king of dwarfs in German folklore.


Klara

Klara f (proper noun, genitive Klara, diminutive Klärchen n)

Klara (genitive)
Klärchen (diminutive neuter)


Don

Don m (proper noun, strong, genitive Dons or Don)

Don (a river, the fifth-longest in Europe, in Tula, Lipetsk, Voronezh, Volgograd and Rostov Oblasts, Russia)


Lutz

Lutz m (proper noun, strong, genitive Lutz' or Lutzens)

a diminutive of the male given names Ludwig or Ludger


Bach

Bach m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Bachs or (with an article) Bach, feminine genitive Bach, plural Bachs)

Bachs (genitive masculine)
Bach (genitive masculine)
Bach (feminine genitive)
Bachs (plural)

From Middle High German bach, from Old High German bah, from Proto-West Germanic *baki. Cognate with English beach and beck.

(music) Johann Sebastian Bach, a German organist and composer


Bach

Bach n (proper noun, genitive Bachs or (optionally with an article) Bach)

Bachs (genitive)
Bach (genitive with-article)


Italien

Italien n (proper noun, genitive Italiens or (optionally with an article) Italien)

Italiens (genitive)
Italien (genitive with-article)


Island

Island n (proper noun, genitive Islands or (optionally with an article) Island)

Islands (genitive)
Island (genitive with-article)
Island (nominative singular)
Islands (genitive singular)
Island (dative singular)
Island (accusative singular)

From Old Norse Ísland, probably through Danish and/or Middle Low German.

North Atlantic Ocean
North Atlantic Ocean#English

Iceland (an island and country in Europe, North Atlantic Ocean; capital: Reykjavík)


Lore

head

Lore f (genitive Lores or (with an article) Lore)

* Contraction of Eleonore.; see English Eleanor for more.
* Clipping of Hannelore.

a diminutive of the female given names Eleonore or Hannelore


Lang

de-proper noun

Lang m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Langs or (with an article) Lang, feminine genitive Lang, plural Langs)

Langs (genitive masculine)
Lang (genitive masculine)
Lang (feminine genitive)
Langs (plural)


Lang

Lang n (proper noun, genitive Langs or (optionally with an article) Lang)

Langs (genitive)
Lang (genitive with-article)


Macao

Macau (A Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China just west of Hong Kong)


Kai

Kai m or f (proper noun, strong, genitive Kais, plural Kais)

Kais (genitive)
Kais (plural)
Kai (nominative singular)
Kais (definite nominative plural)
Kais (genitive singular)
Kais (definite genitive plural)
Kai (dative singular)
Kais (dative definite plural)
Kai (accusative singular)
Kais (accusative definite plural)
Kai (nominative singular)
Kais (definite nominative plural)
Kais (genitive singular)
Kais (definite genitive plural)
Kai (dative singular)
Kais (dative definite plural)
Kai (accusative singular)
Kais (accusative definite plural)

Taken into regular use in the 20th century; either borrowed from Danish Kaj, or from a West Frisian baby talk form of Kaimbe, Kempe (“fighter, warrior”), Gerrit (“Gerard”), Cornelis (“Cornelius”) and Kleis (“Nicholas”).

(chiefly Northern Germany) a male given name

(rare) a diminutive of the female given name Katharina


Hertz

Hertz m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Hertz' or (with an article) Hertz, feminine genitive Hertz, plural Hertz or Hertzes or Hertzens)

Hertz' (genitive masculine)
Hertz (genitive masculine)
Hertz (feminine genitive)
Hertz (plural)
Hertzes (plural)
Hertzens (plural)

→ English: Hertz

Translingual: Hz


Horn

Horn m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Horns or (with an article) Horn, feminine genitive Horn, plural Horns)

Horns (genitive masculine)
Horn (genitive masculine)
Horn (feminine genitive)
Horns (plural)

From Middle High German horn, from Old High German horn, from Proto-West Germanic *horn, from Proto-Germanic *hurną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer-.
Compare Low German Horn, Hoorn, Hurn; Höärn (Altmärkisch); Häörn (Haön) (Münsterländisch), Dutch hoorn, English horn, Danish horn and Swedish horn.


Horn

de-proper noun

Horn n (proper noun, genitive Horns or (optionally with an article) Horn)

Horns (genitive)
Horn (genitive with-article)

Coordinate term: Bad Meinberg (same municipality)

A city in Lippe district, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

A municipality of Lower Austria, Austria

A municipality of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany


Florentine

Florentine f (proper noun, genitive Florentines or Florentine or Florentinens, plural Florentinen or Florentines)

Florentines (genitive)
Florentine (genitive)
Florentinens (genitive)
Florentinen (plural)
Florentines (plural)
Florentine (nominative singular)
Florentinen (definite nominative plural)
Florentines (definite nominative plural)
Florentines (genitive singular)
Florentine (genitive singular)
Florentinens (genitive singular)
Florentinen (definite genitive plural)
Florentines (definite genitive plural)
Florentine (dative singular)
Florentinen (dative definite plural)
Florentines (dative definite plural)
Florentine (accusative singular)
Florentinen (accusative definite plural)
Florentines (accusative definite plural)

Variant of Florentina, the feminine equivalent of Florentin, from Latin Flōrentīnus.

Das waren die einzigen glücklichen Stunden von Florentinens Jugendzeit, …

1863, Louise Otto, Kunst und Künstlerleben. Novellen, page 183&193

… mit Florentinen … Sie erklärte das jetzt mit kurzen Worten Florentinen. … rief Florentine … konnte er Florentinen vergessen …


Amerika

Amerika n (proper noun, genitive Amerikas or (optionally with an article) Amerika, plural Amerika)

Amerikas (genitive)
Amerika (genitive with-article)
Amerika (plural)

/ɑˈmɛɐ̯ʀikɑ/

America (the continents of North America and South America)

Amerika, du hast es besser / Als unser Kontinent, das alte, / Hast keine verfallene Schlösser / Und keine Basalte.

1827, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “Den Vereinigten Staaten”, in Zahme Xenien^(http://www.zeno.org/Literatur/M/Goethe,+Johann+Wolfgang/Gedichte/(Gedichte.+Nachlese)/Zahme+Xenien/9.+%5B%C2%BBSag,+was+enth%C3%A4lt+die+Kirchengeschichte%5D), section 9:

United States of America
United States of America#English

United States of America (a country in North America)


Marc

Marc m (proper noun, strong, genitive Marcs)


Madeleine

Madeleine f (proper noun, genitive Madeleines or Madeleine, plural Madeleines)

Madeleines (genitive)
Madeleine (genitive)
Madeleines (plural)
Madeleine (nominative singular)
Madeleines (definite nominative plural)
Madeleines (genitive singular)
Madeleine (genitive singular)
Madeleines (definite genitive plural)
Madeleine (dative singular)
Madeleines (dative definite plural)
Madeleine (accusative singular)
Madeleines (accusative definite plural)


Lech

der Lech m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Lechs or des Leches)

der Lech (canonical masculine)
des Lechs (definite genitive)
des Leches (definite genitive)


Flora

a female given name from Latin, masculine equivalent Florian


Jo

(biblical, rare) Abbreviation of Johannes (Gospel of John): Joh.


Lis

inflection of Li:
masculine genitive singular


Magnus

Magnus m (proper noun, strong, genitive Magnus')

a male given name, popular chiefly in southern Germany


Mikroskop

Mikroskop n (proper noun, strong, genitive Mikroskops)


Hans

Hans m (proper noun, strong, genitive Hans' or Hansens, plural Hänse, diminutive Hänschen n or Hänsel n or Hansi n or Hänslein n)

Hans' (genitive)
Hansens (genitive)
Hänse (plural)
Hänschen (diminutive neuter)
Hänsel (diminutive neuter)
Hansi (diminutive neuter)
Hänslein (diminutive neuter)

→ Danish: Hans

→ Norwegian: Hans

→ Dutch: Hans

→ Swedish: Hans

→ Czech: Honza

→ Polabian: Åns

A medieval short form of Johannes (“John”).


Max

a diminutive of the male given name Maximilian


Monopoly

Monopoly n (proper noun, strong, genitive Monopolys)

From English Monopoly. Doublet of Monopol.


Landau

Landau n (proper noun, genitive Landaus or (optionally with an article) Landau)

Landaus (genitive)
Landau (genitive with-article)

From the common West Germanic element *land (“land, territory”) and *auwju (“floodplain”).

Landau in der Pfalz
Landau in der Pfalz#German

Landau (an independent town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany; official name: Landau in der Pfalz)

Landau an der Isar
Landau an der Isar#German

A town in Dingolfing-Landau district, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria. Official name: Landau an der Isar


Landau

Landau m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Landaus or (with an article) Landau, feminine genitive Landau, plural Landaus)

Landaus (genitive masculine)
Landau (genitive masculine)
Landau (feminine genitive)
Landaus (plural)

a Jewish surname transferred from the place name


Meta

a female given name, variant of Margarete, popular in Germany around 1900


Maria

f,s.gen:s:Mariens􂀿usually only with the Virgin Mary􂁀:Mariä􂀿in fixed Catholic expressions􂁀

Maria f (proper noun, genitive Marias or (usually only with the Virgin Mary) Mariens or (in fixed Catholic expressions) Mariä, plural Marias)

Marias (genitive)
Mariens (genitive usually)
Mariä (genitive)
Marias (plural)
Maria (nominative singular)
Marias (definite nominative plural)
Marias (genitive singular)
Mariens (genitive singular)
Mariä (genitive singular)
Marias (definite genitive plural)
Maria (dative singular)
Marias (dative definite plural)
Maria (accusative singular)
Marias (accusative definite plural)

From Vulgate Latin Maria, from Ancient Greek Μαρία (María), Μαριάμ (Mariám), from Aramaic מרים (Maryām), corresponding to the Hebrew מרים (Miryām).

a female given name, equivalent to English Mary


Maria

Maria m (proper noun, strong, genitive Marias, plural Marias)

Marias (genitive)
Marias (plural)
Maria (nominative singular)
Marias (definite nominative plural)
Marias (genitive singular)
Marias (definite genitive plural)
Maria (dative singular)
Marias (dative definite plural)
Maria (accusative singular)
Marias (accusative definite plural)

a male given name, used as a middle name, chiefly by Catholics


Leer

Leer n (proper noun, genitive Leers or (optionally with an article) Leer)

Leers (genitive)
Leer (genitive with-article)

Meronyms: Bingum, Heisfelde, Hohegaste, Leerort, Loga, Logabirum, Nettelburg, Nüttermoor

A town and rural district of Lower Saxony, Germany


Leer

Leer (a town, the county seat of Leer County, Unity State, South Sudan)

Leer (a county of Unity State, South Sudan)


Limerick

Limerick n (proper noun, genitive Limericks or (optionally with an article) Limerick)

Limericks (genitive)
Limerick (genitive with-article)

Limerick (a city in County Limerick, Ireland)


Nick

a diminutive of the male given name Nikolaus


Marcel

a male given name from French, equivalent to English Marcel


Neger

Neger m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Negers or (with an article) Neger, feminine genitive Neger, plural Negers or Neger)

Negers (genitive masculine)
Neger (genitive masculine)
Neger (feminine genitive)
Negers (plural)
Neger (plural)


Lulu

From a diminutive of Luise and other female names beginning with Lu-.


Myrmidon

Myrmidon m (proper noun, strong, genitive Myrmidon)

Myrmidon (genitive)
Myrmidon (nominative singular)
Myrmidon (genitive singular)
Myrmidon (dative singular)
Myrmidon (accusative singular)

Das sehe ich jedem gleich an, ob er einen brauchbaren Patienten abgeben kann, denn dazu gehört Talent, Talent gehört zu allem, und dieser Myrmidon hier hat auch kein bißchen Talent.

1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 1, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 80: