Quarantäne
German
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French quarantaine.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (standard) /kaʁanˈtɛːnə/, /kaʁɑ̃ˈtɛːnə/, /kvaʁanˈtɛːnə/, /kvaʁanˈtɛːn/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: Qua‧ran‧tä‧ne
Noun
editQuarantäne f (genitive Quarantäne, plural Quarantänen)
- quarantine
- unter Quarantäne ― quarantined/in quarantine
- unter Quarantäne stehen ― to be quarantined/in quarantine
Declension
editDeclension of Quarantäne [feminine]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | eine | die | Quarantäne | die | Quarantänen |
genitive | einer | der | Quarantäne | der | Quarantänen |
dative | einer | der | Quarantäne | den | Quarantänen |
accusative | eine | die | Quarantäne | die | Quarantänen |
Derived terms
editTrivia
edit- As a French borrowing Quarantäne is one of the few German words starting with Qu- pronounced as /k/ instead of /kv/.
Further reading
edit- “Quarantäne” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Quarantäne” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Quarantäne” in Duden online
- Quarantäne on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de