Ritual

See also: ritual and rituál

German

Etymology

18th century, from Latin rituale.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁiˈtu̯aːl/, [ʁi.tuˈaːl], [ˌʁɪ-], [ˌʁiː-], [-tuˈʔaːl], [-ˈtʋaːl]

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Noun

Ritual n (strong, genitive Rituals, plural Rituale or (rare) Ritualien)

1. ritual

Declension

Declension of Ritual [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Ritual	die	Rituale, Ritualien1
genitive	eines	des	Rituals	der	Rituale, Ritualien1
dative	einem	dem	Ritual	den	Ritualen, Ritualien1
accusative	ein	das	Ritual	die	Rituale, Ritualien1

¹Rare.

Related terms

• ritualisieren
• rituell
• Ritus

Further reading

• “Ritual” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Ritual” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Ritual” in Duden online
• “Ritual” in OpenThesaurus.de
• Ritual on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de