Vagina

See also: Appendix:Variations of "vagina"

Translingual

Vagina recta, now Solen marginatus

Proper noun

Vagina f

1. (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Solenidae – a species of clams, now Solen marginatus, formerly Solen vagina. [from 1811]

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Bivalvia - class; Autobranchia - subclass; Heteroconchia - superorder; Venerida - order; Solenoidea - superfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Vagina recta - sole species

References

• Vagina at Index to Organism Names
• Solen marginatus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Solen marginatus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Solen marginatus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Solen vagina at World Register of Marine Species

German

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin vāgīna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvaːɡina/, /vaˈɡiːna/

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Noun

Vagina f (genitive Vagina, plural Vaginen or Vaginas)

1. (anatomy) vagina
2. (by extension) the female sexual organs including the vulva

Usage notes

• The plural Vaginen is officially standard, although Vaginas is widely predominant in general usage.
• The stylistic level of Vagina is similar to that of English “vagina”, although the German word is somewhat less current in the vernacular. Both Vagina and the loan translation Scheide are also used to include the vulva (as in English). In formal language, Schambereich or (dated) Scham are also widely used. There is much variation in the vernacular with Muschi possibly being the most common.

Declension

Declension of Vagina [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Vagina	die	Vaginen, Vaginas
genitive	einer	der	Vagina	der	Vaginen, Vaginas
dative	einer	der	Vagina	den	Vaginen, Vaginas
accusative	eine	die	Vagina	die	Vaginen, Vaginas

Synonyms

• Scheide
• Muschi (colloquial)
• Möse (colloquial, mildly vulgar)
• Fotze (pejorative, very vulgar)

Derived terms

• Neovagina f

See also

• Scham, Schambereich

Further reading

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