Hydrant

See also: hydrant

German

Etymology

Borrowed from American English hydrant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hyˈdʁant/

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• Rhymes: -ant

Noun

Hydrant m (weak, genitive Hydranten, plural Hydranten)

1. fire hydrant

Declension

Declension of Hydrant [masculine, weak]

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

• As with other inanimate weak nouns there is a strong tendency for the dative and accusative singular to be uninflected in informal speech.

Further reading

• “Hydrant” in Duden online
• “Hydrant” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache