Plauen

See also: plauen

German

Etymology

Of Slavic origin; akin to Czech plavný (“smooth”), Upper Sorbian pławny (“navigable”), and Lower Sorbian pławnja (“horse pond”), all from Proto-Slavic *plàviti (“to float”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplaʊ̯ən/

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• Hyphenation: Plau‧en

Proper noun

Plauen n (proper noun, genitive Plauens or (optionally with an article) Plauen)

1. Plauen (a town, the administrative seat of Vogtlandkreis district, Saxony, Germany)

Declension

Declension of Plauen [sg-only, neuter, toponym]

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	das	Plauen
genitive	des	Plauens, Plauen1
dative	dem	Plauen
accusative	das	Plauen

¹Optionally with an article.