Meteor

See also: meteor and meteor.

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meteˈoːɐ̯/

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• Hyphenation: Me‧te‧or

Noun

Meteor m or (rare) n (strong, genitive Meteors, plural Meteore)

1. meteor (streak of light caused by extraterrestrial matter entering the atmosphere)

Declension

Declension of Meteor [masculine // neuter (rare), strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der, das	Meteor	die	Meteore
genitive	eines	des	Meteors	der	Meteore
dative	einem	dem	Meteor	den	Meteoren
accusative	einen, ein	den, das	Meteor	die	Meteore

Related terms

• Meteorit

Further reading

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