Ostermonat

German

Etymology

From Middle High German ōstermānōt, from Old High German ōstarmānōth, related to Ostermond. By surface analysis, Ostern +‎ Monat, literally “Eastermonth”.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Ostermonat m (proper noun, strong, genitive Ostermonates or Ostermonats, plural Ostermonate)

1. (archaic, poetic) April, the fourth month of the Gregorian calendar, which most often includes Easter

   Synonyms: (common) April, (cognate) Ostermond, Launing, Wandelmonat

Declension

Declension of Ostermonat [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Ostermonat	die	Ostermonate
genitive	eines	des	Ostermonates, Ostermonats	der	Ostermonate
dative	einem	dem	Ostermonat, Ostermonate1	den	Ostermonaten
accusative	einen	den	Ostermonat	die	Ostermonate

¹Now rare, see notes.

Coordinate terms

Gregorian calendar months (archaic or poetic): Monate im gregorianischen Kalenderedit

• Hartung
• Hornung
• Lenzing
• Launing, Ostermond ~ Ostermonat
• Wonnemond
• Brachet
• Heuert, Heumonat
• Ernting, Erntemond ~ Erntemonat
• Scheiding
• Gilbhart
• Nebelung
• Julmond

Related terms

• Erntemonat
• Wonnemonat

Further reading

• Ostermonat on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Ostermonat” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Ostermonat” in Duden online
• “Ostermonat” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon