Äon

See also: Appendix:Variations of "aon"

German

Etymology

18th century, from Latin aeōn (“age, eternity”), from Ancient Greek αἰών (aiṓn, “age, eternity”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyu- (“vital force, life, long life, eternity”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛˈoːn/, [ʔɛˈoːn], [ʔe-], [-ˈʔoːn]
• IPA^(key): /ˈɛːɔn/, [ˈʔɛː.ɔn], [ˈʔeː.ɔn]

Noun

Äon m or n (mixed, genitive Äons, plural Äonen)

1. (learned) aeon, eon (exceedingly long period of time)

Declension

Declension of Äon [masculine // neuter, mixed]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der, das	Äon	die	Äonen
genitive	eines	des	Äons	der	Äonen
dative	einem	dem	Äon	den	Äonen
accusative	einen, ein	den, das	Äon	die	Äonen

Further reading

• “Äon” in Duden online