Genital

See also: genital and génital

German

Alternative forms

• Genitale

Etymology

From Latin genitalis (“of or belonging to generation”), from genitus, past participle of gignō (“to beget, generate”); see genus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡeniˈtaːl/

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Noun

Genital n (strong, genitive Genitals or Genitales, plural Genitalien)

1. (anatomy, mostly plural) genital

Declension

Declension of Genital [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Genital	die	Genitalien
genitive	eines	des	Genitals, Genitales	der	Genitalien
dative	einem	dem	Genital, Genitale1	den	Genitalien
accusative	ein	das	Genital	die	Genitalien

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

• “Genital” in Duden online