Fossil

See also: fossil, fóssil, and fòssil

English

Etymology

From the standard noun fossil, because of fossil finds in the area.

Proper noun

Fossil

1. A small city, the county seat of Wheeler County, Oregon, United States.

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French fossile, from Latin fossilis (“unearthed, dug up”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔˈsiːl/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iːl

Noun

Fossil n (strong, genitive Fossiles or Fossils, plural Fossilien)

1. fossil

Declension

Declension of Fossil [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Fossil	die	Fossilien
genitive	eines	des	Fossiles, Fossils	der	Fossilien
dative	einem	dem	Fossil, Fossile1	den	Fossilien
accusative	ein	das	Fossil	die	Fossilien

¹Now rare, see notes.

Related terms

• Fossilia n

Further reading

• “Fossil” in Duden online
• “Fossil” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache