Dioskuren

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Διόσκουροι (Dióskouroi, “sons of Zeus”).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Dioskuren pl (proper noun, plural only)

1. (Greek mythology) Dioscuri (Castor and Pollux)
2. (by extension) pair of inseparable friends
   • 1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 1, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 363:

     „Hallo!“ sagte er. „Das sind ja unsere Dioskuren! Castorp und Pollux … Bitte, Wehelaute zu unterdrücken!

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Declension

Declension of Dioskuren [pl-only]

	plural
	def.	noun
nominative	die	Dioskuren
genitive	der	Dioskuren
dative	den	Dioskuren
accusative	die	Dioskuren

Further reading

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