Mähne

See also: mahne

German

Etymology

From Middle High German mane, from Old High German mana, from Proto-Germanic *manō (“mane”), from Proto-Indo-European *mon- (“neck”). In Middle High German there existed a secondary variant man m, whence the plural mene. The modern form Mähne is from this plural (or from its merger with the original form mane). Cognate with English mane, which see.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛːnə/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
• IPA^(key): /ˈmeːnə/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)

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• Hyphenation: Mäh‧ne
• Rhymes: -ɛːnə

Noun

Mähne f (genitive Mähne, plural Mähnen)

1. mane

Declension

Declension of Mähne [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Mähne	die	Mähnen
genitive	einer	der	Mähne	der	Mähnen
dative	einer	der	Mähne	den	Mähnen
accusative	eine	die	Mähne	die	Mähnen

Hyponyms

• Löwenmähne

Related terms

Related terms

• Löwenmähne (“lion's mane”)
• Mähnenhund, Mähnenwolf (“maned wolf”)
• Mähnenrobbe (“South American sea lion”)
• Mähnenhirsch (“rusa deer”)

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• mähen
• nahem