Erntemonat
German
editEtymology
editErnte (“harvest”) + Monat (“month”). Compare dialectal Arnmonat, from Middle High German arnmānōt, ernimānōt (“August”), from Old High German arnmānōd, arnomānōd, aranmānōd (“harvest month, August”). Compare also Old Saxon aranmānuth, Old Dutch aranmānōth.
Pronunciation
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Noun
editErntemonat m (strong, genitive Erntemonates or Erntemonats, plural Erntemonate)
Declension
editDeclension of Erntemonat [masculine, strong]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | ein | der | Erntemonat | die | Erntemonate |
genitive | eines | des | Erntemonates, Erntemonats | der | Erntemonate |
dative | einem | dem | Erntemonat, Erntemonate1 | den | Erntemonaten |
accusative | einen | den | Erntemonat | die | Erntemonate |
1Now rare, see notes.
Further reading
edit- “Erntemonat” in Duden online
- “Erntemonat” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache