Sichelmonat

German

Etymology

From Sichel (“sickle”) +‎ Monat (“month”), in reference to the time of year for harvesting. Similar constructions are found in Slavic, for example Czech srpen (“August”) and Serbo-Croatian srpanj (“July”).

Noun

Sichelmonat m (strong, genitive Sichelmonat, no plural)

1. (archaic) August

   Synonym: August

Declension

Declension of Sichelmonat [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Sichelmonat
genitive	eines	des	Sichelmonat
dative	einem	dem	Sichelmonat
accusative	einen	den	Sichelmonat