Erntemonat
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ernte (“harvest”) + Monat (“month”). Compare dialectal Arnmonat, from Middle High German arnmānōt, ernimānōt (“August”), from Old High German arnmānōd, arnomānōd, aranmānōd (“harvest month, August”). Compare also Old Saxon aranmānuth, Old Dutch aranmānōth.
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]Erntemonat m (strong, genitive Erntemonates or Erntemonats, plural Erntemonate)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Erntemonat [masculine, strong]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | ein | der | Erntemonat | die | Erntemonate |
genitive | eines | des | Erntemonates, Erntemonats | der | Erntemonate |
dative | einem | dem | Erntemonat, Erntemonate1 | den | Erntemonaten |
accusative | einen | den | Erntemonat | die | Erntemonate |
1Now rare, see notes.
Further reading
[edit]- “Erntemonat” in Duden online
- “Erntemonat” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache