Museum

See also: museum, muséum, and .museum

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mūsēum (“library, study”), from Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον (Mouseîon), shrine of the Muses (Μοῦσα (Moûsa)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muˈzeːʊm/
• (Germany)

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• (Austria)

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  IPA^(key): /das‿muˈzeːʊm/

Noun

Museum n (strong, genitive Museums, plural Museen)

1. museum (building or institution dedicated to the protection and exhibition of items with scientific, historical, cultural or artistic value)

Declension

Declension of Museum [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Museum	die	Museen
genitive	eines	des	Museums	der	Museen
dative	einem	dem	Museum	den	Museen
accusative	ein	das	Museum	die	Museen

Further reading

• “Museum” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Museum” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Museum” in Duden online
• Museum on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de