Cumulus

German

ein Cumulus

Alternative forms

• Kumulus

Etymology

First attested in the 19th century. Learned borrowing from Latin cumulus (“heap”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkuːmulʊs]
• Hyphenation: Cu‧mu‧lus

• Audio:

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Noun

Cumulus m (strong, genitive Cumulus, plural Cumuli)

1. cumulus

   Synonyms: Cumuluswolke, Haufenwolke, Quellwolke

Declension

Declension of Cumulus [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Cumulus	die	Cumuli
genitive	eines	des	Cumulus	der	Cumuli
dative	einem	dem	Cumulus	den	Cumuli
accusative	einen	den	Cumulus	die	Cumuli

Further reading

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