Mond

See also: mond, MOND, and monð

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• Mann, manä, meini, manòd, mànund

Etymology

From Old High German māno, from Proto-Germanic *mēnô. Cognate with German Mond, English moon, Icelandic máni, Gothic 𐌼𐌴𐌽𐌰 (mēna).

Noun

Mond m

1. moon

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Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• Muund (rare variant in Moselle Franconian)

Etymology

From a conflation of Old High German māno (from Proto-Germanic *mēnô) and mānōd (from Proto-Germanic *mēnōþs), both from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔːnt/

Noun

Mond m (plural Mond or Monde)

1. (most dialects) moon

   Wa’ mer naachs em Bösch es, süht mer, wie hell der Mond schengk.

   When you’re in the forest at night, you see how bright the moon shines.

2. (most dialects) month

   Ich hann allt drei Mond nur der halve Luhn jekräje.

   I’ve been paid just half my salary for three months now.

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German

Der Mond von der Erde aus — The Moon as seen from Earth (1)

Der Mond während einer totalen Mondfinsternis — The Moon during a total lunar eclipse (1)

Etymology

From Old High German māno, from Proto-Germanic *mēnô (whence also Dutch maan, English moon, Swedish måne, Icelandic máni). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s. See also Monat.

Further Indo-European cognates: Latin mēnsis (“month”), Ancient Greek μήν (mḗn, “month”), Sanskrit मास (māsa, “moon”), Russian месяц (mesjac, “moon; month”), Lithuanian mėnulis, Persian ماه‎ (māh, “moon, month”), Tocharian A mañ

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moːnt/

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Proper noun

Mond m (genitive Monds)

1. (astronomy) The Moon; Earth's only natural satellite, and also a luminary.

   Der Mond ist so massereich, dass Erde und Mond zusammen häufig als Doppelplanet bezeichnet werden.

   The Moon has such an enormous mass that Earth and Moon are often considered as a binary system.

Noun

Mond m (genitive Monds, plural Monde)

1. (astronomy) A moon, a natural satellite that is orbiting its corresponding planet

   Ganymed ist der größte Mond des Sonnensystems.

   Ganymede is the biggest moon of the Solar System.

   Merkur und Venus haben keine natürlichen Monde.

   Mercury and Venus do not possess natural moons.

2. (literary, dated) A month, especially a lunar month
3. (heraldry) moon (often used to describe a crescent)

Declension

Declension of Mond

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Mond	die	Monde
genitive	eines	des	Mondes, Monds	der	Monde
dative	einem	dem	Mond, Monde1	den	Monden
accusative	einen	den	Mond	die	Monde

¹Now uncommon, see notes

Old Declension: This old declension is not used anymore, but was up until the end of the 18th century.

Declension of Mond

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Mond	die	Monden
genitive	eines	des	Monden	der	Monden
dative	einem	dem	Monden	den	Monden
accusative	einen	den	Monden	die	Monden

Synonyms

• (Earth's moon): Luna
• (any moon): Trabant m, Satellit m

Hypernyms

• Himmelskörper m

Hyponyms

• Halbmond m
• Neumond m
• Vollmond m

Derived terms

• Dreiviertelmond
• Halbmond
• Mondaufgang
• Mondauto
• Mondfähre
• Mondfahrzeug
• Mondfinsternis
• Mondfisch
• Mondgesicht
• Mondkalender
• Mondlandschaft
• Mondlandschaft
• Mondlandung
• mondlos
• Mondschein
• Mondsichel
• mondsüchtig
• Monduntergang
• Neumond
• Vollmond

 

Related terms

• Monat m
• Montag m

See also

• Satellit m
• Trabant m

Further reading

• Mond in Duden online

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Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German mund, from Proto-Germanic *munþaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mont/

Noun

Mond m (plural Mënner)

1. mouth