Inkunabel

German

Alternative forms

Incunabel (obsolete)

Etymology

Attested since at least 1782. Learned borrowing from Latin incunabulum (neuter gender)

Pronunciation

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Noun

Inkunabel f (genitive Inkunabel, plural Inkunabeln)

1. incunabulum, incunable

   Synonym: Wiegendruck

Declension

Declension of Inkunabel [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Inkunabel	die	Inkunabeln
genitive	einer	der	Inkunabel	der	Inkunabeln
dative	einer	der	Inkunabel	den	Inkunabeln
accusative	eine	die	Inkunabel	die	Inkunabeln

Descendants

• → Czech: inkunábule
• → Russian: инкуна́була (inkunábula)
  • → Belarusian: інкуна́була (inkunábula)
  • → Ukrainian: інкуна́була (inkunábula)
• → Slovak: inkunábula
• → Slovene: inkunabula

Further reading

• “Inkunabel” in Duden online