Matterhorn
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English
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from German Matterhorn.
Proper noun
[edit]Matterhorn
- An iconic pyramidal mountain on the border of Switzerland and Italy.
- (by extension) Something difficult to achieve or to surmount.
- 1970 August 14, Henry J. Taylor, “Where Do We Stand Now?”, in Prescott Evening Courier:
- A second feature is the Matterhorn of inflation that dominates the scene. The average postwar recession showed a 1.4 per cent decline in industrial wholesale prices.
- 2012, Richard Heinberg, Hedge your Bets in the Peak Oil Debate:
- Meanwhile, soaring oil prices and plummeting real energy yields from liquid fuels have already left economic carnage in their wake, as a fragile global financial system perched on a Matterhorn of debt has been dealt blow after blow by the failure of the real economy to expand as expected.
Translations
[edit]mountain
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Matte (“meadow”) + Horn (“peak”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: Mat‧ter‧horn
Proper noun
[edit]das Matterhorn n (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Matterhornes or des Matterhorns)
- Matterhorn (a mountain on the border of Switzerland and Italy)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Matterhorn [sg-only, masculine, strong]
| singular | ||
|---|---|---|
| def. | noun | |
| nominative | der | Matterhorn |
| genitive | des | Matterhorns, Matterhornes |
| dative | dem | Matterhorn, Matterhorne1 |
| accusative | den | Matterhorn |
1Now rare, see notes.
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- de:Mountains