Sarkophag

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French sarcophage, from Latin sarcophagus, from Ancient Greek σαρκοφάγος (sarkophágos, “coffin of limestone”, noun), from σαρκοφάγος (sarkophágos, “flesh-eating, carnivorous”), from σάρξ (sárx, “flesh, meat”) + -φάγος (-phágos).

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -aːk

Noun

Sarkophag m (strong, genitive Sarkophages or Sarkophags, plural Sarkophage)

1. sarcophagus

Declension

Declension of Sarkophag [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Sarkophag	die	Sarkophage
genitive	eines	des	Sarkophages, Sarkophags	der	Sarkophage
dative	einem	dem	Sarkophag, Sarkophage1	den	Sarkophagen
accusative	einen	den	Sarkophag	die	Sarkophage

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

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