Desiderat

German

Alternative forms

• Desideratum

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin desideratum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dezideˈʁaːt/
• Hyphenation: De‧si‧de‧rat

• Audio:

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Noun

Desiderat n (strong, genitive Desiderates or Desiderats, plural Desiderate)

1. desideratum

Declension

Declension of Desiderat [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Desiderat	die	Desiderate
genitive	eines	des	Desiderates, Desiderats	der	Desiderate
dative	einem	dem	Desiderat, Desiderate1	den	Desideraten
accusative	ein	das	Desiderat	die	Desiderate

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

• “Desiderat” in Duden online