unterstützen

de-verb

unterstützen (weak, third-person singular present unterstützt, past tense unterstützte, past participle unterstützt, auxiliary haben)

unterstützt (present singular third-person)
unterstützte (past)
unterstützt (participle past)
haben (auxiliary)
haben (auxiliary)
unterstützen (infinitive)
unterstützend (participle present)
unterstützt (participle past)
unterstütze (first-person indicative present singular)
unterstützen (first-person indicative plural present)
unterstütze (first-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
unterstützen (first-person plural subjunctive subjunctive-i)
unterstützt (indicative present second-person singular)
unterstützt (indicative plural present second-person)
unterstützest (second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
unterstützet (plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-i)
unterstützt (indicative present singular third-person)
unterstützen (indicative plural present third-person)
unterstütze (singular subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
unterstützen (plural subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
unterstützte (first-person indicative preterite singular)
unterstützten (first-person indicative plural preterite)
unterstützte (first-person formal rare singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
unterstützten (first-person formal plural rare subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
unterstütztest (indicative preterite second-person singular)
unterstütztet (indicative plural preterite second-person)
unterstütztest (formal rare second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
unterstütztet (formal plural rare second-person subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
unterstützte (indicative preterite singular third-person)
unterstützten (indicative plural preterite third-person)
unterstützte (formal rare singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
unterstützten (formal plural rare subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
unterstütz (imperative second-person singular)
unterstütze (imperative second-person singular)
unterstützt (imperative plural second-person)
haben (auxiliary)
habe unterstützt (first-person indicative multiword-construction perfect singular)
haben unterstützt (first-person indicative multiword-construction perfect plural)
habe unterstützt (first-person multiword-construction perfect singular subjunctive)
haben unterstützt (first-person multiword-construction perfect plural subjunctive)
hast unterstützt (indicative multiword-construction perfect second-person singular)
habt unterstützt (indicative multiword-construction perfect plural second-person)
habest unterstützt (multiword-construction perfect second-person singular subjunctive)
habet unterstützt (multiword-construction perfect plural second-person subjunctive)
hat unterstützt (indicative multiword-construction perfect singular third-person)
haben unterstützt (indicative multiword-construction perfect plural third-person)
habe unterstützt (multiword-construction perfect singular subjunctive third-person)
haben unterstützt (multiword-construction perfect plural subjunctive third-person)
hatte unterstützt (first-person indicative multiword-construction pluperfect singular)
hatten unterstützt (first-person indicative multiword-construction pluperfect plural)
hätte unterstützt (first-person multiword-construction pluperfect singular subjunctive)
hätten unterstützt (first-person multiword-construction pluperfect plural subjunctive)
hattest unterstützt (indicative multiword-construction pluperfect second-person singular)
hattet unterstützt (indicative multiword-construction pluperfect plural second-person)
hättest unterstützt (multiword-construction pluperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
hättet unterstützt (multiword-construction pluperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
hatte unterstützt (indicative multiword-construction pluperfect singular third-person)
hatten unterstützt (indicative multiword-construction pluperfect plural third-person)
hätte unterstützt (multiword-construction pluperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
hätten unterstützt (multiword-construction pluperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
unterstützen werden (future future-i infinitive multiword-construction)
werde unterstützen (first-person future future-i multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werden unterstützen (first-person future future-i multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werdest unterstützen (future future-i multiword-construction second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werdet unterstützen (future future-i multiword-construction plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werde unterstützen (future future-i multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
werden unterstützen (future future-i multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
werde unterstützen (first-person future future-i indicative multiword-construction singular)
werden unterstützen (first-person future future-i indicative multiword-construction plural)
würde unterstützen (first-person future future-i multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
würden unterstützen (first-person future future-i multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
wirst unterstützen (future future-i indicative multiword-construction second-person singular)
werdet unterstützen (future future-i indicative multiword-construction plural second-person)
würdest unterstützen (future future-i multiword-construction second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
würdet unterstützen (future future-i multiword-construction plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
wird unterstützen (future future-i indicative multiword-construction singular third-person)
werden unterstützen (future future-i indicative multiword-construction plural third-person)
würde unterstützen (future future-i multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
würden unterstützen (future future-i multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
unterstützt haben werden (future future-ii infinitive multiword-construction)
werde unterstützt haben (first-person future future-ii multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werden unterstützt haben (first-person future future-ii multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werdest unterstützt haben (future future-ii multiword-construction second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werdet unterstützt haben (future future-ii multiword-construction plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werde unterstützt haben (future future-ii multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
werden unterstützt haben (future future-ii multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
werde unterstützt haben (first-person future future-ii indicative multiword-construction singular)
werden unterstützt haben (first-person future future-ii indicative multiword-construction plural)
würde unterstützt haben (first-person future future-ii multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
würden unterstützt haben (first-person future future-ii multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
wirst unterstützt haben (future future-ii indicative multiword-construction second-person singular)
werdet unterstützt haben (future future-ii indicative multiword-construction plural second-person)
würdest unterstützt haben (future future-ii multiword-construction second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
würdet unterstützt haben (future future-ii multiword-construction plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
wird unterstützt haben (future future-ii indicative multiword-construction singular third-person)
werden unterstützt haben (future future-ii indicative multiword-construction plural third-person)
würde unterstützt haben (future future-ii multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
würden unterstützt haben (future future-ii multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)

unterstützender Athlet

(bodybuilding, euphemistic) to enhance, to juice


Krone

de-noun

Krone f (genitive Krone, plural Kronen, diminutive Krönchen n or Krönlein n)

Krone (genitive)
Kronen (plural)
Krönchen (diminutive neuter)
Krönlein (diminutive neuter)
Krone (nominative singular)
Kronen (definite nominative plural)
Krone (genitive singular)
Kronen (definite genitive plural)
Krone (dative singular)
Kronen (dative definite plural)
Krone (accusative singular)
Kronen (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German krōne, from Old High German krōna, corōna, from Proto-West Germanic *korōnā (“crown”).

(numismatics) crown (the name of various currencies)


Ordnung

Ordnung f (genitive Ordnung, plural Ordnungen)

Ordnung (genitive)
Ordnungen (plural)
Ordnung (nominative singular)
Ordnungen (definite nominative plural)
Ordnung (genitive singular)
Ordnungen (definite genitive plural)
Ordnung (dative singular)
Ordnungen (dative definite plural)
Ordnung (accusative singular)
Ordnungen (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German ordenunge, from Old High German ordinunga, from the verb ordinōn (“to put in order”). Equivalent to ordnen + -ung.

(religion) Ordnung (Amish rules of living)


Meister

Meister m (strong, genitive Meisters, plural Meister, feminine Meisterin)

Meisters (genitive)
Meister (plural)
Meisterin (feminine)
Meister (nominative singular)
Meister (definite nominative plural)
Meisters (genitive singular)
Meister (definite genitive plural)
Meister (dative singular)
Meistern (dative definite plural)
Meister (accusative singular)
Meister (accusative definite plural)

→ Belarusian: майстар (majstar)

→ Bulgarian: майстор (majstor)

→ English: meister

→ Estonian: meister

→ Kashubian: méster

→ Latvian: mestrs

→ Lithuanian: meistras

→ Macedonian: мајстор (majstor)

→ Polish: majster

→ Romanian: maistru

→ Serbo-Croatian: majstor/мајстор, meštar/мештар

→ Slovak: majster

→ Slovene: mojster

→ Ukrainian: майстер (majster)

From Middle High German meister, from Old High German meistar, from Proto-West Germanic *maistar (“master”). Doublet of Maestro, Magister, and Master.


Abraham

de-proper noun

Abraham m (proper noun, strong, genitive Abrahams)

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


Ansatz

de-noun

Ansatz m (strong, genitive Ansatzes, plural Ansätze)

Ansatzes (genitive)
Ansätze (plural)
Ansatz (nominative singular)
Ansätze (definite nominative plural)
Ansatzes (genitive singular)
Ansätze (definite genitive plural)
Ansatz (dative singular)
Ansatze (dative singular)
Ansätzen (dative definite plural)
Ansatz (accusative singular)
Ansätze (accusative definite plural)

→ English: ansatz, Ansatz (mathematics)

→ Finnish: ansatsi (music)

→ Portuguese: ansatz, Ansatz (mathematics)

Back-formation from ansetzen. Equivalent to an- + Satz.


Satanist

Satanist m (weak, genitive Satanisten, plural Satanisten, feminine Satanistin)

Satanisten (genitive)
Satanisten (plural)
Satanistin (feminine)
Satanist (nominative singular)
Satanisten (definite nominative plural)
Satanisten (genitive singular)
Satanisten (definite genitive plural)
Satanisten (dative singular)
Satanisten (dative definite plural)
Satanisten (accusative singular)
Satanisten (accusative definite plural)


Sekretär

Sekretär m (strong, genitive Sekretärs, plural Sekretäre, feminine Sekretärin)

Sekretärs (genitive)
Sekretäre (plural)
Sekretärin (feminine)
Sekretär (nominative singular)
Sekretäre (definite nominative plural)
Sekretärs (genitive singular)
Sekretäre (definite genitive plural)
Sekretär (dative singular)
Sekretären (dative definite plural)
Sekretär (accusative singular)
Sekretäre (accusative definite plural)


Aba

Aba (genitive)
Abas (plural)
Aba (nominative singular)
Abas (definite nominative plural)
Aba (genitive singular)
Abas (definite genitive plural)
Aba (dative singular)
Abas (dative definite plural)
Aba (accusative singular)
Abas (accusative definite plural)


Altar

Altar m (strong, genitive Altares or Altars, plural Altäre, diminutive Altärchen n)

Altares (genitive)
Altars (genitive)
Altäre (plural)
Altärchen (diminutive neuter)
Altar (nominative singular)
Altäre (definite nominative plural)
Altares (genitive singular)
Altars (genitive singular)
Altäre (definite genitive plural)
Altar (dative singular)
Altare (dative singular)
Altären (dative definite plural)
Altar (accusative singular)
Altäre (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German alter, altære, from Old High German altāri, from Proto-West Germanic *altārī (“altar”), borrowed from Latin altāre. The form was readapted to the Latin source, partly to avoid homophony with Alter (“age”). Compare also Dutch altaar alongside archaic outer.

(religion, including Christianity) altar (table or similar structure used for religious rites)


Aluminium

Aluminium n (strong, genitive Aluminiums, no plural)

Aluminiums (genitive)
Aluminium (nominative singular)
Aluminiums (genitive singular)
Aluminium (dative singular)
Aluminium (accusative singular)
Alu (alternative abbreviation informal)

(ball games slang, journalism) woodwork, the post or crossbar of a goal


Angel

Angel (genitive)
Angeln (plural)
Angel (nominative singular)
Angeln (definite nominative plural)
Angel (genitive singular)
Angeln (definite genitive plural)
Angel (dative singular)
Angeln (dative definite plural)
Angel (accusative singular)
Angeln (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German angel, from Old High German angul, from Proto-Germanic *angulō, *angô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enk- (“something bent, hook”). Compare Dutch angel, hengel, English angle.

der

(fishing) tackle, fishing rod (angler's tool consisting of hook (Haken), line (Schnur), and rod (Rute))


As

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


Ass

de-noun

Ass n (strong, genitive Asses, plural Asse or Ässer)

Asses (genitive)
Asse (plural)
Ässer (plural)
Ass (nominative singular)
Asse (definite nominative plural)
Ässer (definite nominative plural)
Asses (genitive singular)
Asse (definite genitive plural)
Ässer (definite genitive plural)
Ass (dative singular)
Asse (dative singular)
Assen (dative definite plural)
Ässern (dative definite plural)
Ass (accusative singular)
Asse (accusative definite plural)
Ässer (accusative definite plural)
Aß (alternative)


Aus

Aus (nominative singular)
Aus (genitive singular)
Aus (dative singular)
Aus (accusative singular)

(sports) an out; the end of play for an individual or a team


B

B (genitive)
B (nominative singular)
B (genitive singular)
B (dative singular)
B (accusative singular)


Baby

Baby n (strong, genitive Babys, plural Babys or (now proscribed) Babies, diminutive Babychen n or Babylein n)

Babys (genitive)
Babys (plural)
Babies (plural proscribed)
Babychen (diminutive neuter)
Babylein (diminutive neuter)
Baby (nominative singular)
Babys (definite nominative plural)
Babies (definite nominative plural proscribed)
Babys (genitive singular)
Babys (definite genitive plural)
Babies (definite genitive plural proscribed)
Baby (dative singular)
Babys (dative definite plural)
Babies (dative definite plural proscribed)
Baby (accusative singular)
Babys (accusative definite plural)
Babies (accusative definite plural proscribed)

→ Lower Sorbian: baby

→ Upper Sorbian: baby

Mid-19th-century borrowing from English baby. The use as a term of endearment is a later borrowing from late-20th-century pop culture; it remains far more common in pop music than in real life.

(music or slang) baby (term of endearment for a lover)


Bach

de-proper noun

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 English beck.

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


Ball

de-noun

Ball m (strong, genitive Balles or Balls, plural Bälle, diminutive Bällchen n)

Balles (genitive)
Balls (genitive)
Bälle (plural)
Bällchen (diminutive neuter)
Ball (nominative singular)
Bälle (definite nominative plural)
Balles (genitive singular)
Balls (genitive singular)
Bälle (definite genitive plural)
Ball (dative singular)
Balle (dative singular)
Bällen (dative definite plural)
Ball (accusative singular)
Bälle (accusative definite plural)

→ Slovincian: bal

From Middle High German and Old High German bal, from Proto-West Germanic *ballu, from Proto-Germanic *balluz.
Cognates include English ball, Dutch bal, Danish bold, Swedish boll, Icelandic böllur, and Norwegian ball.

ein guter Ball in den Strafraum

Die Bälle müssten öfter über links kommen.


Ball

Ball m (strong, genitive Balles or Balls, plural Bälle)

Balles (genitive)
Balls (genitive)
Bälle (plural)
Ball (nominative singular)
Bälle (definite nominative plural)
Balles (genitive singular)
Balls (genitive singular)
Bälle (definite genitive plural)
Ball (dative singular)
Balle (dative singular)
Bällen (dative definite plural)
Ball (accusative singular)
Bälle (accusative definite plural)

→ Slovincian: bal

(dance) ball (social gathering for dancing), prom (US)


Bande

Bande (genitive)
Banden (plural)
Bande (nominative singular)
Banden (definite nominative plural)
Bande (genitive singular)
Banden (definite genitive plural)
Bande (dative singular)
Banden (dative definite plural)
Bande (accusative singular)
Banden (accusative definite plural)

From French bande, from Frankish *binda (“join, link”).

(sports, games) elevated boundary of a playing field; boards


Bank

Bank f (genitive Bank, plural Bänke, diminutive Bänkchen n)

Bank (genitive)
Bänke (plural)
Bänkchen (diminutive neuter)
Bank (nominative singular)
Bänke (definite nominative plural)
Bank (genitive singular)
Bänke (definite genitive plural)
Bank (dative singular)
Bänken (dative definite plural)
Bank (accusative singular)
Bänke (accusative definite plural)

→ Danish: bank

→ Norwegian Bokmål: bank

From Middle High German and Old High German banc, bank (“height”), from Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz. Related to Old Saxon bank.


Barren

Barren m (strong, genitive Barrens, plural Barren)

Barrens (genitive)
Barren (plural)
Barren (nominative singular)
Barren (definite nominative plural)
Barrens (genitive singular)
Barren (definite genitive plural)
Barren (dative singular)
Barren (dative definite plural)
Barren (accusative singular)
Barren (accusative definite plural)

Bahren (some speakers, chiefly in casual speech)

From Middle High German barre, from Old French barre.


Bass

Bass m (strong, genitive Basses, plural Bässe)

Basses (genitive)
Bässe (plural)
Bass (nominative singular)
Bässe (definite nominative plural)
Basses (genitive singular)
Bässe (definite genitive plural)
Bass (dative singular)
Basse (dative singular)
Bässen (dative definite plural)
Bass (accusative singular)
Bässe (accusative definite plural)
Baß (alternative)

Borrowed from Italian basso (“low”), from Latin bassus (“low”).

(music) bass (singer; section of musical group)

(music) bass, double bass (stringed instrument)


Be

Be (genitive)
Be (nominative singular)
Be (genitive singular)
Be (dative singular)
Be (accusative singular)


Beck

Beck m (strong, genitive Beckes or Becks, plural Becke)

Beckes (genitive)
Becks (genitive)
Becke (plural)
Beck (nominative singular)
Becke (definite nominative plural)
Beckes (genitive singular)
Becks (genitive singular)
Becke (definite genitive plural)
Beck (dative singular)
Becke (dative singular)
Becken (dative definite plural)
Beck (accusative singular)
Becke (accusative definite plural)

From Middle Low German beck, probably through Dutch bek, from Middle Dutch bec, from Middle French bec (“beak”) or Old French bec, from Vulgar Latin beccus, probably from Gaulish. Compare modern French bec, English beak.


Besetzung

Besetzung f (genitive Besetzung, plural Besetzungen)

Besetzung (genitive)
Besetzungen (plural)
Besetzung (nominative singular)
Besetzungen (definite nominative plural)
Besetzung (genitive singular)
Besetzungen (definite genitive plural)
Besetzung (dative singular)
Besetzungen (dative definite plural)
Besetzung (accusative singular)
Besetzungen (accusative definite plural)

From besetzen (“to place, fill, occupy”) + -ung. Compare Dutch bezetting (“occupation”).


Blau

de-noun

Blau n (strong, genitive Blaus, plural Blau or Blaus)

Blaus (genitive)
Blau (plural)
Blaus (plural)
Blau (nominative singular)
Blau (definite nominative plural)
Blaus (definite nominative plural)
Blaus (genitive singular)
Blau (definite genitive plural)
Blaus (definite genitive plural)
Blau (dative singular)
Blau (dative definite plural)
Blaus (dative definite plural)
Blau (accusative singular)
Blau (accusative definite plural)
Blaus (accusative definite plural)

(countable) a particular tone of blue
(heraldry) azure; blue in heraldry

a particular tone of blue
azure; blue in heraldry


Blitz

Blitz m (strong, genitive Blitzes, plural Blitze)

Blitzes (genitive)
Blitze (plural)
Blitz (nominative singular)
Blitze (definite nominative plural)
Blitzes (genitive singular)
Blitze (definite genitive plural)
Blitz (dative singular)
Blitze (dative singular)
Blitzen (dative definite plural)
Blitz (accusative singular)
Blitze (accusative definite plural)
Bliz (alternative obsolete)

Akademie-Verlag
Berlin
Friedrich Kluge
John Francis Davis
Wolfgang Pfeifer (etymologist)

From Middle High German blitze (“lightning”), from Old High German blëcchazzen; compare English bleak and bleach. Synchronically analyzed as a nominal formation from blitzen (“to flash”), see there for more.
Cognates
See also Old Saxon bliksmo (“lightning”), Old English blæcern (“candlestick”), Dutch bliksem, Ancient Greek φλέγω (phlégō, “to burn, blaze”), Sanskrit भ्राज (bhrāja, “to radiate, sparkle”), Latin fulgur (“lightning”).


Bock

de-noun

Bock m (strong, genitive Bockes or Bocks, plural Böcke, diminutive Böckchen n or Böcklein n)

Bockes (genitive)
Bocks (genitive)
Böcke (plural)
Böckchen (diminutive neuter)
Böcklein (diminutive neuter)
Bock (nominative singular)
Böcke (definite nominative plural)
Bockes (genitive singular)
Bocks (genitive singular)
Böcke (definite genitive plural)
Bock (dative singular)
Bocke (dative singular)
Böcken (dative definite plural)
Bock (accusative singular)
Böcke (accusative definite plural)

Akademie-Verlag
Berlin
Wolfgang Pfeifer (etymologist)

From Middle High German boc, poc, from Old High German boc, from Proto-West Germanic *bukk. Cognate to English buck, Bavarian Bock, Dutch bok, Norwegian bukk, Swedish bock, Danish buk.

(gymnastics) an apparatus for performing jumps, similar to a vaulting horse but shorter.


Bogen

Bogen m (strong, genitive Bogens, plural Bögen or Bogen, diminutive Bögelchen n)

Bogens (genitive)
Bögen (plural)
Bogen (plural)
Bögelchen (diminutive neuter)
Bogen (nominative singular)
Bögen (definite nominative plural)
Bogen (definite nominative plural)
Bogens (genitive singular)
Bögen (definite genitive plural)
Bogen (definite genitive plural)
Bogen (dative singular)
Bögen (dative definite plural)
Bogen (dative definite plural)
Bogen (accusative singular)
Bögen (accusative definite plural)
Bogen (accusative definite plural)

→ Kashubian: bóga

From Middle High German boge, from Old High German bogo, from Proto-West Germanic *bogō, from Proto-Germanic *bugô. Compare Dutch boog, English bow, Danish bue, Norwegian Nynorsk boge, Swedish båge.

(music) bow (for playing stringed instruments)


Bord

Bord n (strong, genitive Bordes or Bords, plural Borde)

Bordes (genitive)
Bords (genitive)
Borde (plural)
Bord (nominative singular)
Borde (definite nominative plural)
Bordes (genitive singular)
Bords (genitive singular)
Borde (definite genitive plural)
Bord (dative singular)
Borde (dative singular)
Borden (dative definite plural)
Bord (accusative singular)
Borde (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German bort (inflected bortes), from Old High German bort (“edge, rim”), from Proto-West Germanic *bord. The modern form in -d and the sense “shelf” are due to influence of cognate Middle Low German bort (inflected bordes), from Old Saxon bord. The shifted t remains in related Borte (“border, e.g. on a garment”).


Box

Box (genitive)
Boxen (plural)
Box (nominative singular)
Boxen (definite nominative plural)
Box (genitive singular)
Boxen (definite genitive plural)
Box (dative singular)
Boxen (dative definite plural)
Box (accusative singular)
Boxen (accusative definite plural)

Borrowed from English box. Doublet of Büchse (“can”) and Buchse (“bushing, connector”).

doublet

(equestrianism) a stall for a horse (compartment in a stable); not used for a horsebox, which is Pferdeanhänger

(motor racing) pit (area for refueling and repairing)


Brett

de-noun

Brett n (strong, genitive Brettes or Bretts, plural Bretter, diminutive Brettchen n or Brettlein n)

Brettes (genitive)
Bretts (genitive)
Bretter (plural)
Brettchen (diminutive neuter)
Brettlein (diminutive neuter)
Brett (nominative singular)
Bretter (definite nominative plural)
Brettes (genitive singular)
Bretts (genitive singular)
Bretter (definite genitive plural)
Brett (dative singular)
Brette (dative singular)
Brettern (dative definite plural)
Brett (accusative singular)
Bretter (accusative definite plural)

→ Esperanto: breto

From Middle High German bret, from Old High German bret, from Proto-West Germanic *bred, from Proto-Germanic *bredą, an e-grade byform of *burdą (“board, plank”). Cognate with Old English bred and Yiddish ברעט (bret).

(slang, music) energetic, forceful track


Buffet

Buffet n (strong, genitive Buffets, plural Buffets)

Buffets (genitive)
Buffets (plural)
Buffet (nominative singular)
Buffets (definite nominative plural)
Buffets (genitive singular)
Buffets (definite genitive plural)
Buffet (dative singular)
Buffets (dative definite plural)
Buffet (accusative singular)
Buffets (accusative definite plural)
Büfett (alternative)
Büfet (alternative)
Büffet (alternative)
Büfee (alternative)
Büffee (alternative)

Borrowed from French buffet.
The spelling Büfett, preferred at least in Germany, represents the Germanised pronunciation in /ɛt/. Such a pronunciation has established itself in many words like Parkett, Kabarett, etc. In the case of Buffet, however, the French pronunciation has widely prevailed, which means that speakers now often pronounce /eː/ while reading and writing Büfett.


Bund

Bund m (strong, genitive Bundes or Bunds, plural Bünde)

Bundes (genitive)
Bunds (genitive)
Bünde (plural)
Bund (nominative singular)
Bünde (definite nominative plural)
Bundes (genitive singular)
Bunds (genitive singular)
Bünde (definite genitive plural)
Bund (dative singular)
Bunde (dative singular)
Bünden (dative definite plural)
Bund (accusative singular)
Bünde (accusative definite plural)

Gitarrenbund


Camping

Camping n (strong, genitive Campings, no plural)

Campings (genitive)
Camping (nominative singular)
Campings (genitive singular)
Camping (dative singular)
Camping (accusative singular)

Unadapted borrowing from English camping.


Cello

de-noun

Cello n (strong, genitive Cellos, plural Cellos or Celli)

Cellos (genitive)
Cellos (plural)
Celli (plural)
Cello (nominative singular)
Cellos (definite nominative plural)
Celli (definite nominative plural)
Cellos (genitive singular)
Cellos (definite genitive plural)
Celli (definite genitive plural)
Cello (dative singular)
Cellos (dative definite plural)
Celli (dative definite plural)
Cello (accusative singular)
Cellos (accusative definite plural)
Celli (accusative definite plural)


Chip

Chip m (strong, genitive Chips, plural Chips)

Chips (genitive)
Chips (plural)
Chip (nominative singular)
Chips (definite nominative plural)
Chips (genitive singular)
Chips (definite genitive plural)
Chip (dative singular)
Chips (dative definite plural)
Chip (accusative singular)
Chips (accusative definite plural)

(cooking, chiefly in the plural) crisp/chip


Cluster

Cluster m or n (strong, genitive Clusters, plural Cluster or (rare) Clusters)

Clusters (genitive)
Cluster (plural)
Clusters (plural rare)
Cluster (definite nominative singular)
Cluster (definite nominative plural)
Clusters (definite nominative plural)
Clusters (genitive singular)
Cluster (definite genitive plural)
Clusters (definite genitive plural)
Cluster (dative singular)
Clustern (dative definite plural)
Clusters (dative definite plural)
Cluster (accusative definite singular)
Cluster (accusative definite plural)
Clusters (accusative definite plural)

de-ndecl

m:n,,-:s􂀿rare and not recognised by Duden􂁀

Unadapted borrowing from English cluster.

ubor

(music) secundal chord of three or more notes

cluster
secundal chord of three or more notes


Cover

de-noun

Cover n (strong, genitive Covers, plural Covers or Cover)

Covers (genitive)
Covers (plural)
Cover (plural)
Cover (nominative singular)
Covers (definite nominative plural)
Cover (definite nominative plural)
Covers (genitive singular)
Covers (definite genitive plural)
Cover (definite genitive plural)
Cover (dative singular)
Covers (dative definite plural)
Covern (dative definite plural)
Cover (accusative singular)
Covers (accusative definite plural)
Cover (accusative definite plural)


Cricket

Cricket n (strong, genitive Crickets, no plural)

Crickets (genitive)
Cricket (nominative singular)
Crickets (genitive singular)
Cricket (dative singular)
Cricket (accusative singular)


Des

Des n (strong, genitive Des, plural Des)

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


Dis

Dis n (strong, genitive Dis, plural Dis)

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


Drive

Drive m (strong, genitive Drives, plural Drives)

Drives (genitive)
Drives (plural)
Drive (nominative singular)
Drives (definite nominative plural)
Drives (genitive singular)
Drives (definite genitive plural)
Drive (dative singular)
Drives (dative definite plural)
Drive (accusative singular)
Drives (accusative definite plural)

(golf, countable) drive (stroke made with a driver)

(badminton, tennis, countable) drive (ball struck in a flat trajectory)


Englisch

Englisch n (strong, genitive Englischs, no plural)

(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.


Es

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


Evangelist

Evangelist m (weak, genitive Evangelisten, plural Evangelisten, feminine Evangelistin)

Evangelisten (genitive)
Evangelisten (plural)
Evangelistin (feminine)
Evangelist (nominative singular)
Evangelisten (definite nominative plural)
Evangelisten (genitive singular)
Evangelisten (definite genitive plural)
Evangelisten (dative singular)
Evangelisten (dative definite plural)
Evangelisten (accusative singular)
Evangelisten (accusative definite plural)

From Latin evangelista, from Ancient Greek εὐαγγελιστής (euangelistḗs).

der

εὐαγγελιστής


Fang

de-noun

Fang m (strong, genitive Fanges or Fangs, plural Fänge)

Fanges (genitive)
Fangs (genitive)
Fänge (plural)
Fang (nominative singular)
Fänge (definite nominative plural)
Fanges (genitive singular)
Fangs (genitive singular)
Fänge (definite genitive plural)
Fang (dative singular)
Fange (dative singular)
Fängen (dative definite plural)
Fang (accusative singular)
Fänge (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German vanc, ultimately from the root of fangen (“to catch”).


Farce

Farce (genitive)
Farcen (plural)
Farce (nominative singular)
Farcen (definite nominative plural)
Farce (genitive singular)
Farcen (definite genitive plural)
Farce (dative singular)
Farcen (dative definite plural)
Farce (accusative singular)
Farcen (accusative definite plural)

[…] und es scheint wirklich, als ob der alte Hegel in seinem Grabe die Geschichte als Weltgeist leitete und mit der größten Gewissenhaftigkeit alles sich zweimal abspinnen ließe, einmal als große Tragödie, und das zweite Mal als lausige Farce, […]

1963 [1851 December 3], Friedrich Engels, “Engels an Marx in London”, in Marx-Engels-Werke, volume 27, page 381; English translation from “Engels to Marx in London”, in Peter & Betty Ross, transl., Marx/Engels Collected Works, translation of original in German, 1982, page 505:

[…] and it really seems as though old Hegel, in the guise of the World Spirit, were directing history from the grave and, with the greatest conscientiousness, causing everything to be re-enacted twice over, once as grand tragedy and the second time as rotten farce, […]

Hegel bemerkt irgendwo, daß alle großen weltgeschichtlichen Tatsachen und Personen sich sozusagen zweimal ereignen. Er hat vergessen hinzuzufügen: das eine Mal als Tragödie, das andere Mal als Farce.

1960 [1852], Karl Marx, chapter I, in Der achtzehnte Brumaire des Louis Bonaparte (Marx-Engels-Werke; 8), page 115; English translation from The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte (Marx/Engels Collected Works; 11), translation of original in German, 1979, page 103:

Hegel remarks somewhere that all facts and personages of great importance in world history occur, as it were, twice. He forgot to add: the first time as tragedy, the second as farce.

(cooking) stuffing, mince (finely chopped meat or vegetables, used to fill a cavity in another food item, e.g. in a pie)


Filet

Filet n (strong, genitive Filets, plural Filets)

Filets (genitive)
Filets (plural)
Filet (nominative singular)
Filets (definite nominative plural)
Filets (genitive singular)
Filets (definite genitive plural)
Filet (dative singular)
Filets (dative definite plural)
Filet (accusative singular)
Filets (accusative definite plural)

zartes Lendenstück vom Schwein oder Rind


Film

Film m (strong, genitive Filmes or Films, plural Filme, diminutive Filmchen n)

Filmes (genitive)
Films (genitive)
Filme (plural)
Filmchen (diminutive neuter)
Film (nominative singular)
Filme (definite nominative plural)
Filmes (genitive singular)
Films (genitive singular)
Filme (definite genitive plural)
Film (dative singular)
Filme (dative singular)
Filmen (dative definite plural)
Film (accusative singular)
Filme (accusative definite plural)

→ Estonian: film

→ Silesian: film


Finale

Finale n (strong, genitive Finales or Finals, plural Finale or Finals)

Finales (genitive)
Finals (genitive)
Finale (plural)
Finals (plural)
Finale (nominative singular)
Finale (definite nominative plural)
Finals (definite nominative plural)
Finales (genitive singular)
Finals (genitive singular)
Finale (definite genitive plural)
Finals (definite genitive plural)
Finale (dative singular)
Finalen (dative definite plural)
Finals (dative definite plural)
Finale (accusative singular)
Finale (accusative definite plural)
Finals (accusative definite plural)
Final (alternative)


Fotograf

Fotograf m (weak, genitive Fotografen, plural Fotografen, feminine Fotografin)

Fotografen (genitive)
Fotografen (plural)
Fotografin (feminine)
Fotograf (nominative singular)
Fotografen (definite nominative plural)
Fotografen (genitive singular)
Fotografen (definite genitive plural)
Fotografen (dative singular)
Fotografen (dative definite plural)
Fotografen (accusative singular)
Fotografen (accusative definite plural)
Photograph (alternative)
Fotograph (alternative)
Photograf (alternative)


Foul

Foul n (strong, genitive Fouls, plural Fouls)

Fouls (genitive)
Fouls (plural)
Foul (nominative singular)
Fouls (definite nominative plural)
Fouls (genitive singular)
Fouls (definite genitive plural)
Foul (dative singular)
Fouls (dative definite plural)
Foul (accusative singular)
Fouls (accusative definite plural)

Borrowed from English foul. Doublet of faul.

(sports, chiefly team sports) foul (breach of the rules of a game, especially one involving inappropriate contact with an opposing player in order to gain an advantage)


Französisch

Französisch n (strong, genitive Französischs, no plural)


Fundamentalist

Fundamentalist m (weak, genitive Fundamentalisten, plural Fundamentalisten)

Fundamentalisten (genitive)
Fundamentalisten (plural)
Fundamentalist (nominative singular)
Fundamentalisten (definite nominative plural)
Fundamentalisten (genitive singular)
Fundamentalisten (definite genitive plural)
Fundamentalisten (dative singular)
Fundamentalisten (dative definite plural)
Fundamentalisten (accusative singular)
Fundamentalisten (accusative definite plural)


Genesis

de-proper noun

Genesis f (proper noun, genitive Genesis)

(religion) Genesis (the first book of the Bible)


Gig

de-noun

Gig m (strong, genitive Gigs, plural Gigs)

Gigs (genitive)
Gigs (plural)
Gig (nominative singular)
Gigs (definite nominative plural)
Gigs (genitive singular)
Gigs (definite genitive plural)
Gig (dative singular)
Gigs (dative definite plural)
Gig (accusative singular)
Gigs (accusative definite plural)

(music) gig (performing engagement by a musical group, usually used when referring to events with small audience and contemporary music such as rock or punk)


Golf

Golf n (strong, genitive Golfs, no plural)

Golfs (genitive)
Golf (nominative singular)
Golfs (genitive singular)
Golf (dative singular)
Golf (accusative singular)

Borrowed from English golf, probably from Middle Dutch colve and then a doublet of Kolben.


Green

Green n (strong, genitive Greens, plural Greens)

Greens (genitive)
Greens (plural)
Green (nominative singular)
Greens (definite nominative plural)
Greens (genitive singular)
Greens (definite genitive plural)
Green (dative singular)
Greens (dative definite plural)
Green (accusative singular)
Greens (accusative definite plural)


Grün

Grün n (strong, genitive Grüns, plural Grüns)

Grüns (genitive)
Grüns (plural)
Grün (nominative singular)
Grüns (definite nominative plural)
Grüns (genitive singular)
Grüns (definite genitive plural)
Grün (dative singular)
Grüns (dative definite plural)
Grün (accusative singular)
Grüns (accusative definite plural)

→ Volapük: grün


H

H (genitive)
H (nominative singular)
H (genitive singular)
H (dative singular)
H (accusative singular)


Hammer

Hammer m (strong, genitive Hammers, plural Hämmer or Hammer, diminutive Hämmerchen n or Hämmerlein n)

Hammers (genitive)
Hämmer (plural)
Hammer (plural)
Hämmerchen (diminutive neuter)
Hämmerlein (diminutive neuter)
Hammer (nominative singular)
Hämmer (definite nominative plural)
Hammer (definite nominative plural)
Hammers (genitive singular)
Hämmer (definite genitive plural)
Hammer (definite genitive plural)
Hammer (dative singular)
Hämmern (dative definite plural)
Hammern (dative definite plural)
Hammer (accusative singular)
Hämmer (accusative definite plural)
Hammer (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German hamer, from Old High German hamar, from Proto-West Germanic *hamar, from Proto-Germanic *hamaraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱmoros, from *h₂éḱmō (“stone”).
Compare Low German Hamer, Dutch hamer, English hammer, West Frisian hammer, Danish hammer, Swedish hammare.

Der Torwart parierte einen Hammer von der Strafraumgrenze.

The keeper saved a hard shot from the 18-yard line.


Hand

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

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

Das war Hand!

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

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

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

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

(soccer, informal) ellipsis of Handspiel


Helm

Helm m (strong, genitive Helmes or Helms, plural Helme)

Helmes (genitive)
Helms (genitive)
Helme (plural)
Helm (nominative singular)
Helme (definite nominative plural)
Helmes (genitive singular)
Helms (genitive singular)
Helme (definite genitive plural)
Helm (dative singular)
Helme (dative singular)
Helmen (dative definite plural)
Helm (accusative singular)
Helme (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German helm, from Old High German helm, from Proto-West Germanic *helm, from Proto-Germanic *helmaz. Compare Low German Helm, Dutch helm, English helm, Danish hjelm.

de:Helm (Architektur)
de:Helm (Heraldik)

(heraldry) helmet, as shown above a coat of arms


Heroin

Heroin f (genitive Heroin, plural Heroinnen)

Heroin (genitive)
Heroinnen (plural)
Heroin (nominative singular)
Heroinnen (definite nominative plural)
Heroin (genitive singular)
Heroinnen (definite genitive plural)
Heroin (dative singular)
Heroinnen (dative definite plural)
Heroin (accusative singular)
Heroinnen (accusative definite plural)
Heroine (alternative)

From Heros + -in. Alteration of the variant Heroine, which is from Latin heroina.


His

His n (strong, genitive His, plural His)

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


House

House m (strong, genitive Houses or House, no plural)

Houses (genitive)
House (genitive)
House (nominative singular)
Houses (genitive singular)
House (genitive singular)
House (dative singular)
House (accusative singular)

Borrowed from English house. Doublet of Haus.


Idol

Idol n (strong, genitive Idoles or Idols, plural Idole)

Idoles (genitive)
Idols (genitive)
Idole (plural)
Idol (nominative singular)
Idole (definite nominative plural)
Idoles (genitive singular)
Idols (genitive singular)
Idole (definite genitive plural)
Idol (dative singular)
Idole (dative singular)
Idolen (dative definite plural)
Idol (accusative singular)
Idole (accusative definite plural)

Borrowed from Latin īdōlum, from Ancient Greek εἴδωλον (eídōlon). Used in German chiefly since the 18th century, before that occasionally as an ad-hoc borrowing from the Latin.


Imam

Imam m (strong, genitive Imams or Imam, plural Imame or Imams)

Imams (genitive)
Imam (genitive)
Imame (plural)
Imams (plural)
Imam (nominative singular)
Imame (definite nominative plural)
Imams (definite nominative plural)
Imams (genitive singular)
Imam (genitive singular)
Imame (definite genitive plural)
Imams (definite genitive plural)
Imam (dative singular)
Imamen (dative definite plural)
Imams (dative definite plural)
Imam (accusative singular)
Imame (accusative definite plural)
Imams (accusative definite plural)

(Islam, all sects) anyone who leads a group of Muslims in prayer

(Sunni Islam) imam; a trained cleric who leads a congregation

(Shia Islam Islam) imam; Imam; a politico-religious leader inaugurated by God

(Twelver Shiism) one of twelve individuals, descendants of Muhammad living in the 7th to 9th centuries CE, who are believed to have been sinless and infallible

(other Shiism) one of a per se unlimited line of leaders, who must be descendants of Muhammad but are not necessarily ascribed superhuman qualities


Instrument

Instrument n (strong, genitive Instrumentes or Instruments, plural Instrumente)

Instrumentes (genitive)
Instruments (genitive)
Instrumente (plural)
Instrument (nominative singular)
Instrumente (definite nominative plural)
Instrumentes (genitive singular)
Instruments (genitive singular)
Instrumente (definite genitive plural)
Instrument (dative singular)
Instrumente (dative singular)
Instrumenten (dative definite plural)
Instrument (accusative singular)
Instrumente (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German instrument, from Latin īnstrūmentum. Compare Middle Low German instrument (whence German Low German Instrument), Middle English instrument (whence English instrument), Middle Dutch instrument (whence Dutch instrument).


Jo

(biblical, rare) abbreviation of Johannes (“the Gospel of John”): Joh.


Judas

de-proper noun

Judas m (proper noun, strong, genitive Judas' or (with an article) Judas, plural Judas)

Judas' (genitive)
Judas (genitive)
Judas (plural)
Judas (nominative singular)
Judas (definite nominative plural)
Judas' (genitive singular)
Judas (genitive singular)
Judas (definite genitive plural)
Judas (dative singular)
Judas (dative definite plural)
Judas (accusative singular)
Judas (accusative definite plural)

From Latin Judas, from Ancient Greek Ἰούδας (Ioúdas), from Hebrew יְהוּדָה (yəhūḏā).

der

Hebrew יְהוּדָה (yəhūḏā)


Judoka

de-noun

Judoka m (strong, genitive Judokas or Judoka, plural Judokas or Judoka)

Judokas (genitive)
Judoka (genitive)
Judokas (plural)
Judoka (plural)


Kaiser

de-proper noun

der Kaiser m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Kaisers)

der Kaiser (canonical masculine)
des Kaisers (definite genitive)
Kayser (alternative obsolete)
Käiser (alternative obsolete)
Käyser (alternative obsolete)
Keiser (alternative obsolete)
Keyser (alternative obsolete)

From Middle High German keiser, from Old High German keisar, keisur, from Proto-West Germanic *kaisar (“emperor”), borrowed from Latin Caesar. Doublet of Cäsar and Zar.

In Mexiko kam der virtuelle Beckenbauer aber noch nicht zum Einsatz, wegen der dünnen Luft („Montezumas Rache“). Und aus Datenschutzgründen nicht bei der Heim-EM 1988 in Deutschland. Einen ersten unbemerkten Kurzzeiteinsatz des Kaisers als Hologramm gab es bei der WM 1990, im Spiel der Deutschen gegen die Tschechoslowakei (1:0).

2024 February 27, Gerald Fricke, “Der Beckenbavatar”, in taz:

(soccer, colloquial) nickname of Franz Beckenbauer


Keyboard

de-noun

Keyboard n (strong, genitive Keyboards, plural Keyboards)

Keyboards (genitive)
Keyboards (plural)
Keyboard (nominative singular)
Keyboards (definite nominative plural)
Keyboards (genitive singular)
Keyboards (definite genitive plural)
Keyboard (dative singular)
Keyboards (dative definite plural)
Keyboard (accusative singular)
Keyboards (accusative definite plural)

(music) keyboard, synthesizer (electronic musical instrument with keys of a musical keyboard)


Koran

Koran m (strong, genitive Korans or Koran, plural Korane)

Korans (genitive)
Koran (genitive)
Korane (plural)
Koran (nominative singular)
Korane (definite nominative plural)
Korans (genitive singular)
Koran (genitive singular)
Korane (definite genitive plural)
Koran (dative singular)
Koranen (dative definite plural)
Koran (accusative singular)
Korane (accusative definite plural)


Lager

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

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

→ Czech: lágr

→ Danish: lager

→ Dutch: lager

→ English: laager

→ English: lager

→ Estonian: laager

→ Norwegian:

Norwegian Bokmål: lager

Norwegian Nynorsk: lager

→ Romanian: lagăr

→ Russian: лагерь (lagerʹ)

→ Serbo-Croatian: lȏgor

→ Swedish: lager

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

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


Latte

Latte (genitive)
Latten (plural)
Latte (nominative singular)
Latten (definite nominative plural)
Latte (genitive singular)
Latten (definite genitive plural)
Latte (dative singular)
Latten (dative definite plural)
Latte (accusative singular)
Latten (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German latte, from Old High German latta, from Proto-West Germanic *lattu, from Proto-Germanic *lattō, cognate with English lath, Dutch lat.

Lattentreffer

(sports) crossbar (the bar which conjoins two goalposts)

(sports) bar (to be jumped over, made of wood or metal)


Libero

Libero m (strong, genitive Liberos or Libero, plural Liberos, feminine Libera)

Liberos (genitive)
Libero (genitive)
Liberos (plural)
Libera (feminine)
Libero (nominative singular)
Liberos (definite nominative plural)
Liberos (genitive singular)
Libero (genitive singular)
Liberos (definite genitive plural)
Libero (dative singular)
Liberos (dative definite plural)
Libero (accusative singular)
Liberos (accusative definite plural)


Lied

Lied n (strong, genitive Liedes or Lieds, plural Lieder, diminutive Liedchen n or Liedlein n)

Liedes (genitive)
Lieds (genitive)
Lieder (plural)
Liedchen (diminutive neuter)
Liedlein (diminutive neuter)
Lied (nominative singular)
Lieder (definite nominative plural)
Liedes (genitive singular)
Lieds (genitive singular)
Lieder (definite genitive plural)
Lied (dative singular)
Liede (dative singular)
Liedern (dative definite plural)
Lied (accusative singular)
Lieder (accusative definite plural)

→ English: lied

→ Finnish: lied

→ Romanian: lied

From Middle High German liet, from Old High German liod (“song, lay, singing”), from Proto-West Germanic *leuþ (“song”), from Proto-Germanic *leuþą (“song”).

inh

(music) song (musical composition sung with vocals or vocal lyrics)


Lob

de-noun

Lob m (strong, genitive Lobs, plural Lobs)

Lobs (genitive)
Lobs (plural)
Lob (nominative singular)
Lobs (definite nominative plural)
Lobs (genitive singular)
Lobs (definite genitive plural)
Lob (dative singular)
Lobs (dative definite plural)
Lob (accusative singular)
Lobs (accusative definite plural)


Loge

Loge (genitive)
Logen (plural)
Loge (nominative singular)
Logen (definite nominative plural)
Loge (genitive singular)
Logen (definite genitive plural)
Loge (dative singular)
Logen (dative definite plural)
Loge (accusative singular)
Logen (accusative definite plural)

Borrowed from French loge. Doublet of Lobby and Loggia.


Mal

Mal n (strong, genitive Males or Mals, plural Male or Mäler)

Males (genitive)
Mals (genitive)
Male (plural)
Mäler (plural)

From Middle High German māl, from Old High German māl. Related with malen (“to paint”) and cognate with Dutch maal. Early on influenced by etymologically unrelated Middle High German meil, from Old High German meil, from Proto-Germanic *mailą, from which last English mole.


Marathon

Marathon m (strong, genitive Marathons, plural Marathons)

Marathons (genitive)
Marathons (plural)
Marathon (nominative singular)
Marathons (definite nominative plural)
Marathons (genitive singular)
Marathons (definite genitive plural)
Marathon (dative singular)
Marathons (dative definite plural)
Marathon (accusative singular)
Marathons (accusative definite plural)

Borrowed from French marathon, from Ancient Greek Μαραθών (Marathṓn), perhaps from μάραθον (márathon, “fennel”), referring to the prevalence of the plant in the area.


Mond

Mond m (strong, genitive Mondes or Monds, plural Monde)

Mondes (genitive)
Monds (genitive)
Monde (plural)
Mond (nominative singular)
Monde (definite nominative plural)
Mondes (genitive singular)
Monds (genitive singular)
Monde (definite genitive plural)
Mond (dative singular)
Monde (dative singular)
Monden (dative definite plural)
Mond (accusative singular)
Monde (accusative definite plural)
Mond (nominative singular)
Monden (definite nominative plural)
Monden (genitive singular)
Monden (definite genitive plural)
Monden (dative singular)
Monden (dative definite plural)
Monden (accusative singular)
Monden (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German māne, from Old High German māno, from Proto-West Germanic *mānō. Later forms of the Middle High German word, mānde, had a final dental due to confusion with mānōt (“month”) (modern Monat).
Cognates
See also Dutch maan, English moon, Swedish måne, Icelandic máni; also Monat.
Further Indo-European cognates: Latin mēnsis (“month”), Ancient Greek μήν (mḗn, “month”), Sanskrit मास (māsa, “moon”), Russian месяц (mesjac, “moon; month”), Lithuanian mėnulis, Persian ماه (mâh, “moon, month”), Tocharian A mañ

(heraldry) moon (often used to describe a crescent)


Motel

Motel n (strong, genitive Motels, plural Motels)

Motels (genitive)
Motels (plural)
Motel (nominative singular)
Motels (definite nominative plural)
Motels (genitive singular)
Motels (definite genitive plural)
Motel (dative singular)
Motels (dative definite plural)
Motel (accusative singular)
Motels (accusative definite plural)


Mullah

Mullah m (strong, genitive Mullahs, plural Mullahs)

Mullahs (genitive)
Mullahs (plural)
Mulla (alternative)


Nonen (plural)
Nonen (definite nominative plural)
Nonen (definite genitive plural)
Nonen (dative definite plural)
Nonen (accusative definite plural)

(music) A ninth; an interval of 13 (kleine None, minor ninth) or 14 (große None, major ninth) semitones.


Note

Note (genitive)
Noten (plural)
Note (nominative singular)
Noten (definite nominative plural)
Note (genitive singular)
Noten (definite genitive plural)
Note (dative singular)
Noten (dative definite plural)
Note (accusative singular)
Noten (accusative definite plural)

Ultimately from Latin nota (“mark, sign, remark, note”).

(music) note (character indicating the length and pitch of a tone)


Oboe

Oboe (genitive)
Oboen (plural)
Oboe (nominative singular)
Oboen (definite nominative plural)
Oboe (genitive singular)
Oboen (definite genitive plural)
Oboe (dative singular)
Oboen (dative definite plural)
Oboe (accusative singular)
Oboen (accusative definite plural)

→ Bulgarian: обо́й (obój)


Pass

Pass m (strong, genitive Passes, plural Pässe)

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

20th century borrowing from English pass, from Middle English pas, pase, pace, from passen (“to pass”), from Old French passer, from Vulgar Latin *passāre, ultimately from Latin pandō.

(sports) pass (The act of moving the ball or puck from one player to another.)


Patron

Patron m (strong, genitive Patrons, plural Patrone, feminine Patronin)

Patrons (genitive)
Patrone (plural)
Patronin (feminine)
Patron (nominative singular)
Patrone (definite nominative plural)
Patrons (genitive singular)
Patrone (definite genitive plural)
Patron (dative singular)
Patronen (dative definite plural)
Patron (accusative singular)
Patrone (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German patrōn, from Latin patrōnus. Doublet of Patrone.


Piano

Piano n (strong, genitive Pianos, plural Pianos or Piani)

Pianos (genitive)
Pianos (plural)
Piani (plural)
Piano (nominative singular)
Pianos (definite nominative plural)
Piani (definite nominative plural)
Pianos (genitive singular)
Pianos (definite genitive plural)
Piani (definite genitive plural)
Piano (dative singular)
Pianos (dative definite plural)
Piani (dative definite plural)
Piano (accusative singular)
Pianos (accusative definite plural)
Piani (accusative definite plural)

Borrowed from Italian piano, from Latin plānus.


Pike

Pike (genitive)
Piken (plural)
Pike (nominative singular)
Piken (definite nominative plural)
Pike (genitive singular)
Piken (definite genitive plural)
Pike (dative singular)
Piken (dative definite plural)
Pike (accusative singular)
Piken (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German pieke, from Middle Dutch pike, from Old Dutch *pīk, from Proto-West Germanic *pīk. Already in Dutch the word was influenced by French pic (“tip”). Another influence is German Picke (“pick, pickaxe”), from picken. The precise relation between all of these words is uncertain.

(especially soccer) the tip of the foot or shoe


Pilot

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

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

→ Czech: pilot

→ Estonian: piloot

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

(motor racing, often media jargon) driver


Piste

Piste (genitive)
Pisten (plural)
Piste (nominative singular)
Pisten (definite nominative plural)
Piste (genitive singular)
Pisten (definite genitive plural)
Piste (dative singular)
Pisten (dative definite plural)
Piste (accusative singular)
Pisten (accusative definite plural)


Pool

Pool n (strong, genitive Pools, no plural)


Post

Post m (strong, genitive Posts, plural Posts)

Posts (genitive)
Posts (plural)
Post (nominative singular)
Posts (definite nominative plural)
Posts (genitive singular)
Posts (definite genitive plural)
Post (dative singular)
Posts (dative definite plural)
Post (accusative singular)
Posts (accusative definite plural)

Borrowed from English post, from Old English post and Old French post, from Latin postis.

(basketball) post (location on the court)


Promotion

Promotion f (genitive Promotion, plural Promotionen)

Promotion (genitive)
Promotionen (plural)
Promotion (nominative singular)
Promotionen (definite nominative plural)
Promotion (genitive singular)
Promotionen (definite genitive plural)
Promotion (dative singular)
Promotionen (dative definite plural)
Promotion (accusative singular)
Promotionen (accusative definite plural)

From Late Latin promotio, from Latin promoveo (“I move forward”).

(sports) the act of advancing to the next round

promotion
the act of advancing to the next round


Punk

Punk m (strong, genitive Punks or Punk, plural Punks)

Punks (genitive)
Punk (genitive)
Punks (plural)
Punk (nominative singular)
Punks (definite nominative plural)
Punks (genitive singular)
Punk (genitive singular)
Punks (definite genitive plural)
Punk (dative singular)
Punks (dative definite plural)
Punk (accusative singular)
Punks (accusative definite plural)


Rabbi

Rabbi m (strong, genitive Rabbis or (seldom) Rabbi, plural Rabbis or Rabbinen)

Rabbis (genitive)
Rabbi (genitive)
Rabbis (plural)
Rabbinen (plural)
Rabbi (nominative singular)
Rabbis (definite nominative plural)
Rabbinen (definite nominative plural)
Rabbis (genitive singular)
Rabbi (genitive singular)
Rabbis (definite genitive plural)
Rabbinen (definite genitive plural)
Rabbi (dative singular)
Rabbis (dative definite plural)
Rabbinen (dative definite plural)
Rabbi (accusative singular)
Rabbis (accusative definite plural)
Rabbinen (accusative definite plural)

→ Estonian: Rabbi

From Latin rabbi. Doublet of Rabbiner and Rebbe.

(also biblical) rabbi (Jewish religious scholar)


Rad

Rad n (strong, genitive Rades or Rads, plural Räder, diminutive Rädchen n)

Rades (genitive)
Rads (genitive)
Räder (plural)
Rädchen (diminutive neuter)
Rad (nominative singular)
Räder (definite nominative plural)
Rades (genitive singular)
Rads (genitive singular)
Räder (definite genitive plural)
Rad (dative singular)
Rade (dative singular)
Rädern (dative definite plural)
Rad (accusative singular)
Räder (accusative definite plural)

→ Palauan: rrat

prescriptive standard; especially southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland

predominant in northern and parts of central Germany; but inflected forms with a long vowel

From Middle High German rat, from Old High German rad, from Proto-West Germanic *raþ, from Proto-Germanic *raþą, from Proto-Indo-European *Hret- (“to roll”).
Related to Swedish ratt (“steering wheel”) and Finnish ratti (“steering wheel”). Also related to English rotary and Spanish rueda (“wheel”), which descended from the same PIE root through Latin rota.


Reck

Reck n (strong, genitive Reckes or Recks, plural Recke or Recks)

Reckes (genitive)
Recks (genitive)
Recke (plural)
Recks (plural)
Reck (nominative singular)
Recke (definite nominative plural)
Recks (definite nominative plural)
Reckes (genitive singular)
Recks (genitive singular)
Recke (definite genitive plural)
Recks (definite genitive plural)
Reck (dative singular)
Recke (dative singular)
Recken (dative definite plural)
Recks (dative definite plural)
Reck (accusative singular)
Recke (accusative definite plural)
Recks (accusative definite plural)

From Low German and Middle Low German recke (“crossbar”), ultimately from the root of Rah (“yard”). Cognate with Dutch rek (“pole, clothes-horse”).


Register

Register n (strong, genitive Registers, plural Register)

Registers (genitive)
Register (plural)
Register (nominative singular)
Register (definite nominative plural)
Registers (genitive singular)
Register (definite genitive plural)
Register (dative singular)
Registern (dative definite plural)
Register (accusative singular)
Register (accusative definite plural)

(music) register (range of tones in the human voice)


Remis

Remis n (strong or mixed, genitive Remis, plural Remis or Remisen)

Remis (genitive)
Remis (plural)
Remisen (plural)
Remis (nominative singular)
Remis (definite nominative plural)
Remisen (definite nominative plural)
Remis (genitive singular)
Remis (definite genitive plural)
Remisen (definite genitive plural)
Remis (dative singular)
Remis (dative definite plural)
Remisen (dative definite plural)
Remis (accusative singular)
Remis (accusative definite plural)
Remisen (accusative definite plural)


Ring

Ring m (strong, genitive Ringes or Rings, plural Ringe, diminutive Ringchen n or Ringlein n)

Ringes (genitive)
Rings (genitive)
Ringe (plural)
Ringchen (diminutive neuter)
Ringlein (diminutive neuter)
Ring (nominative singular)
Ringe (definite nominative plural)
Ringes (genitive singular)
Rings (genitive singular)
Ringe (definite genitive plural)
Ring (dative singular)
Ringe (dative singular)
Ringen (dative definite plural)
Ring (accusative singular)
Ringe (accusative definite plural)

From Old High German ring, from Proto-West Germanic *hring, from Proto-Germanic *hringaz, cognate with Danish ring, Dutch ring, English ring, Swedish ring.

(heraldry) an annulet (ring used as a charge)

(sports) a ring (a place where events such as wrestling and boxing take place)


Rose

Rose f (genitive Rose, plural Rosen, diminutive Röschen n or Röslein n or Röselein n)

Rose (genitive)
Rosen (plural)
Röschen (diminutive neuter)
Röslein (diminutive neuter)
Röselein (diminutive neuter)
Rose (nominative singular)
Rosen (definite nominative plural)
Rose (genitive singular)
Rosen (definite genitive plural)
Rose (dative singular)
Rosen (dative definite plural)
Rose (accusative singular)
Rosen (accusative definite plural)

→ Serbo-Croatian: roža / рожа

Inherited from Middle High German rôse, from Old High German rōsa, from Latin rosa.

(heraldry) The rose as used in heraldry, on a coat of arms


Rot

Rot n (strong, genitive Rots, plural Rots)

Rots (genitive)
Rots (plural)
Rot (nominative singular)
Rots (definite nominative plural)
Rots (genitive singular)
Rots (definite genitive plural)
Rot (dative singular)
Rots (dative definite plural)
Rot (accusative singular)
Rots (accusative definite plural)


Safari

Safari f (genitive Safari, plural Safaris)

Safari (genitive)
Safaris (plural)
Safari (nominative singular)
Safaris (definite nominative plural)
Safari (genitive singular)
Safaris (definite genitive plural)
Safari (dative singular)
Safaris (dative definite plural)
Safari (accusative singular)
Safaris (accusative definite plural)

Early 20th century, from English safari, from Swahili safari (“journey”), from Arabic سَفَر (safar).

Letztes Jahr waren wir auf Safari.


Samen

Samen m (strong, genitive Samens, plural Samen)

Samens (genitive)
Samen (plural)
Samen (nominative singular)
Samen (definite nominative plural)
Samens (genitive singular)
Samen (definite genitive plural)
Samen (dative singular)
Samen (dative definite plural)
Samen (accusative singular)
Samen (accusative definite plural)
Same (alternative archaic)

→ Japanese: ザーメン (zāmen)

Etymological Dictionary of the German Language

de:Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

From Middle High German sām, sāme, from Old High German sāmo, from Proto-West Germanic *sāmō, from Proto-Germanic *sēmô, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₁mn̥.


Schnecke

Schnecke f (genitive Schnecke, plural Schnecken, diminutive Schneckchen n or Schnecklein n)

Schnecke (genitive)
Schnecken (plural)
Schneckchen (diminutive neuter)
Schnecklein (diminutive neuter)
Schnecke (nominative singular)
Schnecken (definite nominative plural)
Schnecke (genitive singular)
Schnecken (definite genitive plural)
Schnecke (dative singular)
Schnecken (dative definite plural)
Schnecke (accusative singular)
Schnecken (accusative definite plural)

→ Czech: šnek

→ Kashubian: sznëka

→ Polish: sznek (Culmland) / → szneka (Greater Poland)

From Middle High German snëcke, from Old High German sneggo, snecco, from Proto-Germanic *sneggô.

(lutherie) scroll (the carved wooden spiral at the end of a stringed instrument's fingerboard)

Die beistehende Probe gibt das Facsimile eines Schildes der Familie Rordorf (eine gelbe Schnecke, beginnend oben rechts in rotem Feld) wieder. Die Umrisse und der Rahmen sind schwarz, die Striche an der Schnecke rot ausgeführt[…]

1897, Archives heraldiques suisses: Schweizer-Archiv für Heraldik. Archivio araldico svizzero, page 115:

1924 (RORDORF) Zürich h f K. 72 : 122. Stehender geharnischter Ritter mit Lanze, Schwert und erhobenem Wappenschild mit Schnecke. Visir geöffnet. Helmzierde mit fünf Pfauenfedern besteckt.

1898, Gerster, Die schweizerischen Bibliothekzeichen (Ex-Libris), page 156:

(heraldry, rare) a stylized charge consisting of a tapering spiral inward from the edge to the centre of the shield, somewhat resembling the spiral on a snail's shell or a gurges


Schwarz

Schwarz n (strong, genitive Schwarzes or Schwarz, no plural)

Schwarzes (genitive)
Schwarz (genitive)
Schwarz (nominative singular)
Schwarzes (genitive singular)
Schwarz (genitive singular)
Schwarz (dative singular)
Schwarz (accusative singular)

From the adjective schwarz, from Middle High German swarz, from Old High German swarz, from Proto-West Germanic *swart, from Proto-Germanic *swartaz, from Proto-Indo-European *swordo- (“dirty, dark, black”). Compare German schwarz, Dutch zwart, English swart.


Senior

de-noun

Senior m (mixed, genitive Seniors, plural Senioren, feminine Seniorin)

Seniors (genitive)
Senioren (plural)
Seniorin (feminine)
Senior (nominative singular)
Senioren (definite nominative plural)
Seniors (genitive singular)
Senioren (definite genitive plural)
Senior (dative singular)
Senioren (dative definite plural)
Senior (accusative singular)
Senioren (accusative definite plural)

Nächstes Jahr werd ich 19, da spiel ich dann schon bei den Senioren.

I’m turning 19 next year, so I’ll be playing with the adults.


Service

Service m (strong, genitive Service, plural Services)

Service (genitive)
Services (plural)
Service (nominative singular)
Services (definite nominative plural)
Service (genitive singular)
Services (definite genitive plural)
Service (dative singular)
Services (dative definite plural)
Service (accusative singular)
Services (accusative definite plural)

Unadapted borrowing from English service.


Set

de-noun

Set n or m (strong, genitive Sets, plural Sets)

de:Anzahl de:Filmset de:Kategorientheorie de:Menge_(Datenstruktur) de:Set_und_Setting de:Tischset

set, combination, collection [with aus (+ dative) ‘of some items’]


Single

Single f (genitive Single, plural Singles)

Single (genitive)
Singles (plural)
Single (nominative singular)
Singles (definite nominative plural)
Single (genitive singular)
Singles (definite genitive plural)
Single (dative singular)
Singles (dative definite plural)
Single (accusative singular)
Singles (accusative definite plural)

In all senses from English single. The pronunciation is without /ɡ/ because German allows the cluster /ŋɡ/ only before full vowels, not before /ə/. The feminine gender of the musical sense is probably after Schallplatte f.

(music) single (song from an album, released individually)


Single

Single n (strong, genitive Singles or Single, plural Singles)

Singles (genitive)
Single (genitive)
Singles (plural)
Single (nominative singular)
Singles (definite nominative plural)
Singles (genitive singular)
Single (genitive singular)
Singles (definite genitive plural)
Single (dative singular)
Singles (dative definite plural)
Single (accusative singular)
Singles (accusative definite plural)

(tennis) single (game with one player on each side)


Sitar

Sitar (genitive)
Sitars (plural)
Sitar (nominative singular)
Sitars (definite nominative plural)
Sitar (genitive singular)
Sitars (definite genitive plural)
Sitar (dative singular)
Sitars (dative definite plural)
Sitar (accusative singular)
Sitars (accusative definite plural)

(music) sitar (Asian musical instrument)


Sol

Sol n (strong, genitive Sols, plural Sole)

Sols (genitive)
Sole (plural)
Sol (nominative singular)
Sole (definite nominative plural)
Sols (genitive singular)
Sole (definite genitive plural)
Sol (dative singular)
Solen (dative definite plural)
Sol (accusative singular)
Sole (accusative definite plural)

Borrowed from Latin sol(ve) in the hymn for St. John the Baptist where all note names were taken from.

(music) sol, the fifth step in the solfège scale of C, preceded by fa and followed by la.


Soul

Soul m (strong, genitive Soul or Souls, plural Soul)

Soul (genitive)
Souls (genitive)
Soul (plural)
Soul (nominative singular)
Soul (definite nominative plural)
Soul (genitive singular)
Souls (genitive singular)
Soul (definite genitive plural)
Soul (dative singular)
Soul (dative definite plural)
Soul (accusative singular)
Soul (accusative definite plural)

Borrowed from English soul, from Middle English, from Old English sāwol (“soul, life, spirit, being”), from Proto-Germanic *saiwalō (“soul”). Doublet of Seele.


Sound

de-noun

Sound m (strong, genitive Sounds, plural Sounds)

Sounds (genitive)
Sounds (plural)
Sound (nominative singular)
Sounds (definite nominative plural)
Sounds (genitive singular)
Sounds (definite genitive plural)
Sound (dative singular)
Sounds (dative definite plural)
Sound (accusative singular)
Sounds (accusative definite plural)

Der Trick und der Kick dieser 25 Minuten war, wie sich unmerklich der Sound dann doch wieder in Richtung schönster und heftigster Noise bewegte.

2021 November 23, Robert Mießner, “US-Freejazz-Trio spielt im Berliner KUZU: Tricks und Kicks mit Lärm”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:


Spindel

Spindel f (genitive Spindel, plural Spindeln)

Spindel (genitive)
Spindeln (plural)
Spindel (nominative singular)
Spindeln (definite nominative plural)
Spindel (genitive singular)
Spindeln (definite genitive plural)
Spindel (dative singular)
Spindeln (dative definite plural)
Spindel (accusative singular)
Spindeln (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German spinnel, spinele, from Old High German spinnila, spinnela, spinnala, spinula, from Proto-West Germanic *spinnilu.


Spinner

de-noun

Spinner m (strong, genitive Spinners, plural Spinner, diminutive Spinnerlein n, feminine Spinnerin)

Spinners (genitive)
Spinner (plural)
Spinnerlein (diminutive neuter)
Spinnerin (feminine)
Spinner (nominative singular)
Spinner (definite nominative plural)
Spinners (genitive singular)
Spinner (definite genitive plural)
Spinner (dative singular)
Spinnern (dative definite plural)
Spinner (accusative singular)
Spinner (accusative definite plural)

agent noun of spinnen
(fishing) spinner (a type of lure)

agent noun of spinnen
spinner (a type of lure)


Spur

Spur (genitive)
Spuren (plural)
Spur (nominative singular)
Spuren (definite nominative plural)
Spur (genitive singular)
Spuren (definite genitive plural)
Spur (dative singular)
Spuren (dative definite plural)
Spur (accusative singular)
Spuren (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German spur, spor (usually n, also rarely m and f), from Old High German spor, *spur, from Proto-Germanic *spurą n. Cognate to Dutch spoor, whence (through Afrikaans) English spoor.


Stab

Stab m (strong, genitive Stabes or Stabs, plural Stäbe, diminutive Stäbchen n)

Stabes (genitive)
Stabs (genitive)
Stäbe (plural)
Stäbchen (diminutive neuter)
Stab (nominative singular)
Stäbe (definite nominative plural)
Stabes (genitive singular)
Stabs (genitive singular)
Stäbe (definite genitive plural)
Stab (dative singular)
Stabe (dative singular)
Stäben (dative definite plural)
Stab (accusative singular)
Stäbe (accusative definite plural)

Polish: sztab m

Russian: штаб m (štab)

From Middle High German stap, stab, from Old High German stab, from Proto-West Germanic *stab.
Cognate with English staff, Dutch staf, Swedish stav, Old Norse stafr. The meaning co-workers is secondary: in the German word Generalstab (“General Staff”) the meaning changed from the staff as a symbol of authority to the group of military officers and later to any group of co-workers.


Stern

Stern m (strong, genitive Sternes or Sterns, plural Sterne, diminutive Sternchen n or Sternlein n)

Sternes (genitive)
Sterns (genitive)
Sterne (plural)
Sternchen (diminutive neuter)
Sternlein (diminutive neuter)
Stern (nominative singular)
Sterne (definite nominative plural)
Sternes (genitive singular)
Sterns (genitive singular)
Sterne (definite genitive plural)
Stern (dative singular)
Sterne (dative singular)
Sternen (dative definite plural)
Stern (accusative singular)
Sterne (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German stërne, from Old High German sterno, from Proto-West Germanic *sternō, from Proto-Germanic *sternǭ, *sternô, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr.
See also Dutch ster (“star”), Old English steorra (“star”) (Modern English star), Danish stjerne (“star”), Swedish stjärna (“star”), Icelandic stjarna (“star”), Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐍉 (stairnō); also Latin stēlla (“star”), Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr, “star”) and Sanskrit तारा (tārā, “star”). Doublet of Aster and Star.

fünfzackiger Stern

Davidstern

Sternenbanner

NATO-Stern

der rote Stern

(geometry, heraldry) a star, a mullet, or anything that resembles such an object


Stollen

Stollen m (strong, genitive Stollens, plural Stollen)

Stollens (genitive)
Stollen (plural)
Stollen (nominative singular)
Stollen (definite nominative plural)
Stollens (genitive singular)
Stollen (definite genitive plural)
Stollen (dative singular)
Stollen (dative definite plural)
Stollen (accusative singular)
Stollen (accusative definite plural)
Stolln (alternative)

→ Czech: štóla

→ English: stollen

→ Norwegian Bokmål: stoll

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: stoll

From Middle High German stolle, from Old High German stollo (“prop, post”), from Proto-Germanic *stullô (“support, post”), from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to put, place, locate”).

der

(sports) stud; cleat (protrusion on a shoe, especially a football shoe)


Suite

Suite (genitive)
Suiten (plural)
Suite (nominative singular)
Suiten (definite nominative plural)
Suite (genitive singular)
Suiten (definite genitive plural)
Suite (dative singular)
Suiten (dative definite plural)
Suite (accusative singular)
Suiten (accusative definite plural)


Sure

Sure (genitive)
Suren (plural)
Sure (nominative singular)
Suren (definite nominative plural)
Sure (genitive singular)
Suren (definite genitive plural)
Sure (dative singular)
Suren (dative definite plural)
Sure (accusative singular)
Suren (accusative definite plural)

Borrowed from Arabic سُورَة (sūra, “chapter of the Qur'an”).


Synthesizer

de-noun

Synthesizer m (strong, genitive Synthesizers, plural Synthesizer)

Synthesizers (genitive)
Synthesizer (plural)
Synthesizer (nominative singular)
Synthesizer (definite nominative plural)
Synthesizers (genitive singular)
Synthesizer (definite genitive plural)
Synthesizer (dative singular)
Synthesizern (dative definite plural)
Synthesizer (accusative singular)
Synthesizer (accusative definite plural)

Unadapted borrowing from English synthesizer


Taler

de-noun

Taler m (strong, genitive Talers, plural Taler)

Talers (genitive)
Taler (plural)
Taler (nominative singular)
Taler (definite nominative plural)
Talers (genitive singular)
Taler (definite genitive plural)
Taler (dative singular)
Talern (dative definite plural)
Taler (accusative singular)
Taler (accusative definite plural)
Thaler (alternative obsolete)

→ Amharic: ታላሪ (talari)

→ Arabic: تالر

→ Czech: tolar

→ Danish: daler (from Middle Low German or Low German)

→ English: thaler, taler

→ Spanish: tálero

→ Middle Low German: daler

desctree

→ Dutch: daalder, daelder (obsolete), daeler (obsolete), daler (historical, superseded)
Afrikaans: daalder
Negerhollands: daaler
→ English: dollar (see there for further descendants)
→ West Frisian: daalder

→ Italian: taller, tallero

→ Greek: τάλιρο (táliro)

→ Latin: thalerus (retaining archaic spelling)

→ Polish: talar

→ Romanian: taler

→ Russian: талер (taler)

→ Slovene: tolar

→ English: tolar

→ Swedish: daler

→ Finnish: taaleri

Clipping of Joachimstaler, the name of a coin first minted in Joachimsthal, Bohemia around 1518, soon after the discovery of silver deposits there. Ultimately from Joachim + Thal (“valley”), now spelled Tal. Cognate to Low German Daler.

(numismatics) taler (former unit of currency)


Team

de-noun

Team n (strong, genitive Teams, plural Teams)

Teams (genitive)
Teams (plural)
Team (nominative singular)
Teams (definite nominative plural)
Teams (genitive singular)
Teams (definite genitive plural)
Team (dative singular)
Teams (dative definite plural)
Team (accusative singular)
Teams (accusative definite plural)

Ca. 1900, from English team. Doublet of Zaum.

Ein 20-köpfiges Team von Top-Bergsteigern aus Nepal will sich Ende April auf den Weg in die Gipfelregion des Mount Everest machen […]

2010, Der Spiegel, number 5/2010, page 101:

A team of 20 top mountain climbers from Nepal wants to head to the summit region of Mount Everest at the end of April, […]


Tee

Tee n (strong, genitive Tees, plural Tees)

Tees (genitive)
Tees (plural)
Tee (nominative singular)
Tees (definite nominative plural)
Tees (genitive singular)
Tees (definite genitive plural)
Tee (dative singular)
Tees (dative definite plural)
Tee (accusative singular)
Tees (accusative definite plural)


Tenor

Tenor m (strong, genitive Tenors or Tenores, plural Tenöre or (rare) Tenore)

Tenors (genitive)
Tenores (genitive)
Tenöre (plural)
Tenore (plural rare)
Tenor (nominative singular)
Tenöre (definite nominative plural)
Tenore (definite nominative plural)
Tenors (genitive singular)
Tenores (genitive singular)
Tenöre (definite genitive plural)
Tenore (definite genitive plural)
Tenor (dative singular)
Tenore (dative singular)
Tenören (dative definite plural)
Tenoren (dative definite plural)
Tenor (accusative singular)
Tenöre (accusative definite plural)
Tenore (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German tenōr, from Italian tenore, from Latin tenor.


Testament

Testament n (strong, genitive Testamentes or Testaments, plural Testamente)

Testamentes (genitive)
Testaments (genitive)
Testamente (plural)
Testament (nominative singular)
Testamente (definite nominative plural)
Testamentes (genitive singular)
Testaments (genitive singular)
Testamente (definite genitive plural)
Testament (dative singular)
Testamente (dative singular)
Testamenten (dative definite plural)
Testament (accusative singular)
Testamente (accusative definite plural)

(biblical) testament (part of the Bible)


Tier

Tier n (strong, genitive Tieres or Tiers, plural Tiere, diminutive Tierchen n or Tierlein n)

Tieres (genitive)
Tiers (genitive)
Tiere (plural)
Tierchen (diminutive neuter)
Tierlein (diminutive neuter)
Tier (nominative singular)
Tiere (definite nominative plural)
Tieres (genitive singular)
Tiers (genitive singular)
Tiere (definite genitive plural)
Tier (dative singular)
Tiere (dative singular)
Tieren (dative definite plural)
Tier (accusative singular)
Tiere (accusative definite plural)
Thier (alternative obsolete)

From Middle High German tier, from Old High German tior, from Proto-West Germanic *deuʀ, from Proto-Germanic *deuzą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewsóm.


Ton

Ton m (strong, genitive Tones or Tons, plural Töne)

Tones (genitive)
Tons (genitive)
Töne (plural)
Ton (nominative singular)
Töne (definite nominative plural)
Tones (genitive singular)
Tons (genitive singular)
Töne (definite genitive plural)
Ton (dative singular)
Tone (dative singular)
Tönen (dative definite plural)
Ton (accusative singular)
Töne (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German tōn, from Latin tonus, from Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos).


Tor

Tor n (strong, genitive Tores or Tors, plural Tore)

Tores (genitive)
Tors (genitive)
Tore (plural)
Tor (nominative singular)
Tore (definite nominative plural)
Tores (genitive singular)
Tors (genitive singular)
Tore (definite genitive plural)
Tor (dative singular)
Tore (dative singular)
Toren (dative definite plural)
Tor (accusative singular)
Tore (accusative definite plural)
Thor (alternative obsolete)

desc

→ Hebrew: שַׁעַר (shá'ar) (semantic loan)

From Middle High German and Old High German tor, from Proto-West Germanic *dor, from Proto-Germanic *durą.

(sports) goal, net (area into which the players attempt to put a ball)

(sports) goal (The act of scoring a goal in sports where doing so is the object)


Tour

Tour (genitive)
Touren (plural)
Tour (nominative singular)
Touren (definite nominative plural)
Tour (genitive singular)
Touren (definite genitive plural)
Tour (dative singular)
Touren (dative definite plural)
Tour (accusative singular)
Touren (accusative definite plural)

16th century, borrowed from Middle French tour. Feminine gender after words such as Reise, Fahrt, Drehung.

Etappensiege sind ihm egal; er will die Tour gewinnen.

He doesn't care about winning stages; he wants to win the tour.

tour, journey
(sports) a race with several stages

tour, journey
a race with several stages

(music, theater) a series of artistic appearances in different places


Trainer

de-noun

Trainer m (strong, genitive Trainers, plural Trainer)

Trainers (genitive)
Trainer (plural)
Trainer (nominative singular)
Trainer (definite nominative plural)
Trainers (genitive singular)
Trainer (definite genitive plural)
Trainer (dative singular)
Trainern (dative definite plural)
Trainer (accusative singular)
Trainer (accusative definite plural)


Transfer

Transfer m (strong, genitive Transfers, plural Transfers)

Transfers (genitive)
Transfers (plural)
Transfer (nominative singular)
Transfers (definite nominative plural)
Transfers (genitive singular)
Transfers (definite genitive plural)
Transfer (dative singular)
Transfers (dative definite plural)
Transfer (accusative singular)
Transfers (accusative definite plural)

18th century, common since early 20th century. Borrowed from English transfer, from Latin transferre. The verb transferieren is older and directly from Latin.

(sports) transfer (the act of moving a player to another club)


Trip

Trip m (strong, genitive Trips, plural Trips)

Trips (genitive)
Trips (plural)
Trip (nominative singular)
Trips (definite nominative plural)
Trips (genitive singular)
Trips (definite genitive plural)
Trip (dative singular)
Trips (dative definite plural)
Trip (accusative singular)
Trips (accusative definite plural)


Tuba

Tuba f (genitive Tuba, plural Tuben or Tubas)

Tuba (genitive)
Tuben (plural)
Tubas (plural)
Tuba (nominative singular)
Tuben (definite nominative plural)
Tubas (definite nominative plural)
Tuba (genitive singular)
Tuben (definite genitive plural)
Tubas (definite genitive plural)
Tuba (dative singular)
Tuben (dative definite plural)
Tubas (dative definite plural)
Tuba (accusative singular)
Tuben (accusative definite plural)
Tubas (accusative definite plural)
Tube (alternative)

18th century, learned borrowing from Latin tuba.


Tunnel

m:n􂀿alternatively in the south􂁀,s,-:s􂀿Swiss or dated􂁀

Tunnel m or (alternatively in the south) n (strong, genitive Tunnels, plural Tunnel or (Swiss or dated) Tunnels)

the south (regional)
Tunnels (genitive)
Tunnel (plural)
Tunnels (Swiss dated plural)
Tunnel (definite nominative singular)
Tunnel (definite nominative plural)
Tunnels (definite nominative plural)
Tunnels (genitive singular)
Tunnel (definite genitive plural)
Tunnels (definite genitive plural)
Tunnel (dative singular)
Tunneln (dative definite plural)
Tunnels (dative definite plural)
Tunnel (accusative definite singular)
Tunnel (accusative definite plural)
Tunnels (accusative definite plural)
Tunell (alternative Austria Switzerland)

de-ndecl

m:n􂀿alternatively in southern Germany, Austria and Switzerland􂁀,s,-:s􂀿Switzerland, otherwise dated􂁀

(ball games) nutmeg (act of playing the ball through an opponent's legs)


Twist

de-noun

Twist m (strong, genitive Twists, plural Twists)

Twists (genitive)
Twists (plural)
Twist (nominative singular)
Twists (definite nominative plural)
Twists (genitive singular)
Twists (definite genitive plural)
Twist (dative singular)
Twists (dative definite plural)
Twist (accusative singular)
Twists (accusative definite plural)


Vignette

Vignette f (genitive Vignette, plural Vignetten)

Vignette (genitive)
Vignetten (plural)
Vignette (nominative singular)
Vignetten (definite nominative plural)
Vignette (genitive singular)
Vignetten (definite genitive plural)
Vignette (dative singular)
Vignetten (dative definite plural)
Vignette (accusative singular)
Vignetten (accusative definite plural)

→ Hungarian: vignetta

(printing or literature or photography or computer graphics) vignette


Viola

Viola (genitive)
Violen (plural)
Viola (nominative singular)
Violen (definite nominative plural)
Viola (genitive singular)
Violen (definite genitive plural)
Viola (dative singular)
Violen (dative definite plural)
Viola (accusative singular)
Violen (accusative definite plural)


Visum

Visum n (strong, genitive Visums, plural Visa or Visen)

Visums (genitive)
Visa (plural)
Visen (plural)
Visum (nominative singular)
Visa (definite nominative plural)
Visen (definite nominative plural)
Visums (genitive singular)
Visa (definite genitive plural)
Visen (definite genitive plural)
Visum (dative singular)
Visa (dative definite plural)
Visen (dative definite plural)
Visum (accusative singular)
Visa (accusative definite plural)
Visen (accusative definite plural)
Visa (alternative)

18th century as Visa, from French visa, from Latin visa, plural of visum (“something seen”). The form was later relatinised yielding the contemporary singular in -um.

(tourism) visa (permit to enter a country)


Volleyball

Volleyball m (strong, genitive Volleyballes or Volleyballs, plural Volleybälle)

Volleyballes (genitive)
Volleyballs (genitive)
Volleybälle (plural)
Volleyball (nominative singular)
Volleybälle (definite nominative plural)
Volleyballes (genitive singular)
Volleyballs (genitive singular)
Volleybälle (definite genitive plural)
Volleyball (dative singular)
Volleyballe (dative singular)
Volleybällen (dative definite plural)
Volleyball (accusative singular)
Volleybälle (accusative definite plural)


Wild

Wild n (strong, genitive Wildes or Wilds, no plural)

Wildes (genitive)
Wilds (genitive)
Wild (nominative singular)
Wildes (genitive singular)
Wilds (genitive singular)
Wild (dative singular)
Wilde (dative singular)
Wild (accusative singular)

From Middle High German wilt, from Old High German wild, from Proto-Germanic *wilþaz (z-stem), from the root of *wilþijaz (“wild”). Cognate with Dutch wild, Old English wildor.

(hunting, collective) game (huntable animals)


Winkel

Winkel m (strong, genitive Winkels, plural Winkel, diminutive Winkelchen n)

Winkels (genitive)
Winkel (plural)
Winkelchen (diminutive neuter)
Winkel (nominative singular)
Winkel (definite nominative plural)
Winkels (genitive singular)
Winkel (definite genitive plural)
Winkel (dative singular)
Winkeln (dative definite plural)
Winkel (accusative singular)
Winkel (accusative definite plural)

→ Polish: winkiel

→ Silesian: winkel

From Middle High German winkel, from Old High German winkil, from Proto-West Germanic *winkil (“angle, corner”), from Proto-Indo-European *weng- (“to bend, bow, arch, curve”). Cognate with Dutch winkel, Old English wincel.

der

(ball games, short for Torwinkel) one of the two areas of a goal near where the post and crossbar meet;


Wort

de-noun

Wort n (strong, genitive Wortes or Worts, plural Wörter or Worte, diminutive Wörtchen n or Wörtlein n)

Wortes (genitive)
Worts (genitive)
Wörter (plural)
Worte (plural)
Wörtchen (diminutive neuter)
Wörtlein (diminutive neuter)
Wort (nominative singular)
Wörter (definite nominative plural)
Worte (definite nominative plural)
Wortes (genitive singular)
Worts (genitive singular)
Wörter (definite genitive plural)
Worte (definite genitive plural)
Wort (dative singular)
Worte (dative singular)
Wörtern (dative definite plural)
Worten (dative definite plural)
Wort (accusative singular)
Wörter (accusative definite plural)
Worte (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German wort. Compare Dutch woord, English word, Danish ord. Doublet of Verb.

Dingwort

grammar, parts of speech; noun (sensu stricto)

(biblical) the Word of God, Scripture, the scriptures (collectively)


Yard

Yard n or m (strong, genitive Yard or Yards, plural Yard or Yards)

Yard (archaic) f (genitive Yard, plural Yard or Yards)

Yard (genitive)
Yards (genitive)
Yard (plural)
Yards (plural)
Yard (genitive)
Yard (genitive plural)
Yards (genitive plural)
Yard (definite nominative singular)
Yard (definite nominative plural)
Yards (definite nominative plural)
Yard (genitive singular)
Yards (genitive singular)
Yard (definite genitive plural)
Yards (definite genitive plural)
Yard (dative singular)
Yard (dative definite plural)
Yards (dative definite plural)
Yard (accusative definite singular)
Yard (accusative definite plural)
Yards (accusative definite plural)
Yard (nominative singular)
Yard (definite nominative plural)
Yards (definite nominative plural)
Yard (genitive singular)
Yard (definite genitive plural)
Yards (definite genitive plural)
Yard (dative singular)
Yard (dative definite plural)
Yards (dative definite plural)
Yard (accusative singular)
Yard (accusative definite plural)
Yards (accusative definite plural)

18th century, borrowed from English yard. Doublet of Gerte (“riding crop, whip”). Masculine gender after Meter. Feminine gender after Elle (“ell”).

(Anglophone contexts, also American football) yard (measure of length equal to ca. 91 cm)


Zen

Zen m (strong, genitive Zens, no plural)

Zens (genitive)
Zen (nominative singular)
Zens (genitive singular)
Zen (dative singular)
Zen (accusative singular)

(Buddhism) zen (denomination of Buddhism)


Zither

Zither f (genitive Zither, plural Zithern)

Zither (genitive)
Zithern (plural)
Zither (nominative singular)
Zithern (definite nominative plural)
Zither (genitive singular)
Zithern (definite genitive plural)
Zither (dative singular)
Zithern (dative definite plural)
Zither (accusative singular)
Zithern (accusative definite plural)

→ English: zither

→ Romanian: țiteră

→ Russian: ци́тра (cítra)

→ Swedish: cittra

See late Middle High German zitterlein. From Old High German zithara, from Latin cithara, from Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kithára).
See also Gitarre.


Zoom

Zoom m (strong, genitive Zooms, no plural)

Zooms (genitive)
Zoom (nominative singular)
Zooms (genitive singular)
Zoom (dative singular)
Zoom (accusative singular)

(photography, film) zoom, augmentation of a view as with a camera lens


Badminton

Badminton n (strong, genitive Badmintons, no plural)

Badmintons (genitive)
Badminton (nominative singular)
Badmintons (genitive singular)
Badminton (dative singular)
Badminton (accusative singular)