Jurte

German

Etymology

17th century, from Russian ю́рта (júrta, “yurt”), from a Turkic language, from Proto-Turkic *yūrt (“dwelling place”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjʊʁtə], [ˈjʊɐ̯tə]

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Noun

Jurte f (genitive Jurte, plural Jurten)

1. yurt (kind of tent used by nomads in Inner Asia)

Declension

Declension of Jurte [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Jurte	die	Jurten
genitive	einer	der	Jurte	der	Jurten
dative	einer	der	Jurte	den	Jurten
accusative	eine	die	Jurte	die	Jurten

Descendants

• → English: yurt

Further reading

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