Karawanserei
German edit
Etymology edit
17th century, from Ottoman Turkish كاروانسَرای (karvanseray), كَروانسَرای (kervanseray), from Persian کاروانسرای (kârvânsarây), from کاروان (kârvân, “caravan”) + سرای (sarây, “courtyard, dwelling, palace”). Reanalysed as Karawane + -s- + -erei, whence the feminine gender. Compare the English variant caravansary.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Karawanserei f (genitive Karawanserei, plural Karawansereien)
Declension edit
Declension of Karawanserei [feminine]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | eine | die | Karawanserei | die | Karawansereien |
genitive | einer | der | Karawanserei | der | Karawansereien |
dative | einer | der | Karawanserei | den | Karawansereien |
accusative | eine | die | Karawanserei | die | Karawansereien |
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “Karawanserei” in Duden online
- “Karawanserei” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache