elend
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German ellende, contracted from Old High German elilenti, from Proto-West Germanic *alljas (“other”) + *land (“land”).
The modern form with a long vowel is based on Middle Low German elende and/or other regional variants. Today pronounced also with a secondary full vowel in the second syllable. Cognate to Dutch ellende (noun).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]elend (strong nominative masculine singular elender, comparative elender, superlative am elendesten or am elendsten)
Declension
[edit]Positive forms of elend
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist elend | sie ist elend | es ist elend | sie sind elend | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | elender | elende | elendes | elende |
genitive | elenden | elender | elenden | elender | |
dative | elendem | elender | elendem | elenden | |
accusative | elenden | elende | elendes | elende | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der elende | die elende | das elende | die elenden |
genitive | des elenden | der elenden | des elenden | der elenden | |
dative | dem elenden | der elenden | dem elenden | den elenden | |
accusative | den elenden | die elende | das elende | die elenden | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein elender | eine elende | ein elendes | (keine) elenden |
genitive | eines elenden | einer elenden | eines elenden | (keiner) elenden | |
dative | einem elenden | einer elenden | einem elenden | (keinen) elenden | |
accusative | einen elenden | eine elende | ein elendes | (keine) elenden |
Comparative forms of elend
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist elender | sie ist elender | es ist elender | sie sind elender | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | elenderer | elendere | elenderes | elendere |
genitive | elenderen | elenderer | elenderen | elenderer | |
dative | elenderem | elenderer | elenderem | elenderen | |
accusative | elenderen | elendere | elenderes | elendere | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der elendere | die elendere | das elendere | die elenderen |
genitive | des elenderen | der elenderen | des elenderen | der elenderen | |
dative | dem elenderen | der elenderen | dem elenderen | den elenderen | |
accusative | den elenderen | die elendere | das elendere | die elenderen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein elenderer | eine elendere | ein elenderes | (keine) elenderen |
genitive | eines elenderen | einer elenderen | eines elenderen | (keiner) elenderen | |
dative | einem elenderen | einer elenderen | einem elenderen | (keinen) elenderen | |
accusative | einen elenderen | eine elendere | ein elenderes | (keine) elenderen |
Superlative forms of elend
Synonyms
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[edit]Further reading
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- German terms derived from Middle High German
- German terms inherited from Old High German
- German terms derived from Old High German
- German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- German terms derived from Middle Low German
- German 2-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- German lemmas
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