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From Middle High German paradīs(e), from Old High German paradīs, from Proto-West Germanic *paradīs (Paradise, Eden), borrowed from Latin paradīsum. The modern form with -ie- perhaps partly from non-diphthongising dialects, but chiefly after the Latin.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /paʁaˈdiːs/
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Noun edit

Paradies n (strong, genitive Paradieses, plural Paradiese)

  1. paradise
  2. (architecture) atrium

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Further reading edit

  • Paradies” in Duden online
  • Paradies” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache