Fasan

See also: fasan and fāsàn

German edit

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Fasan

Etymology edit

From Middle High German fasān, fasant, alteration after Old French fasan(t) of older fashuon, from Old High German fasihuon, itself an alteration based on huon (“chicken”) of unattested *fasiān, from Latin phasianus, from Ancient Greek φασιανός (phasianós).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /faˈzaːn/
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Rhymes: -aːn

Noun edit

Fasan m (strong or mixed, genitive Fasanes or Fasans, plural Fasane or Fasanen)

pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)

Declension edit

Declension of Fasan [masculine, strong // mixed]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Fasan	die	Fasane, Fasanen
genitive	eines	des	Fasanes, Fasans	der	Fasane, Fasanen
dative	einem	dem	Fasan, Fasane¹	den	Fasanen
accusative	einen	den	Fasan	die	Fasane, Fasanen

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

→ Estonian: faasan
→ Russian: фаза́н (fazán)
→ Serbo-Croatian: fazan
→ Swedish: fasan

Further reading edit

“Fasan” in Duden online
“Fasan” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Luxembourgish edit

Noun edit

Fasan m (plural Fasanen)

pheasant

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