Aorta

See also: aorta, aortā, and aortą

German

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀορτή (aortḗ).

Pronunciation

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Noun

Aorta f (genitive Aorta, plural Aorten)

1. aorta

   Synonym: Hauptschlagader

Declension

Declension of Aorta [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Aorta	die	Aorten
genitive	einer	der	Aorta	der	Aorten
dative	einer	der	Aorta	den	Aorten
accusative	eine	die	Aorta	die	Aorten

Further reading

• “Aorta” in Duden online
• “Aorta” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Aorta on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de