Firn
Appearance
See also: firn
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Alemannic German firn.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Firn m (strong, genitive Firnes or Firns, plural Firne)
- névé, firn
- 1804, Friedrich Schiller, “Dritter Aufzug”, in Wilhelm Tell:
- Ich sehe dich im wilden Eisgebirg, / […] Wie eine Windlawine dich verschüttet, Wie unter dir der trügerische Firn / Einbricht und du hinabsinkst, ein lebendig / Begrabner, in die schauerliche Gruft
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Firn [masculine, strong]
Descendants
[edit]- → English: firn
Further reading
[edit]- “Firn” in Duden online
- “Firn” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Firn” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- Firn on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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