Unwetter

German

Etymology

From Middle High German unweter, unwiter, from Old High German unwetar, from Proto-Germanic *unwedrą. By surface analysis, un- (“bad, grave”) +‎ Wetter (“weather”). Compare Dutch onweer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʊnˌvɛtɐ/

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• Hyphenation: Un‧wet‧ter

Noun

Unwetter n (strong, genitive Unwetters, plural Unwetter)

1. severe weather, unweather

Declension

Declension of Unwetter [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Unwetter	die	Unwetter
genitive	eines	des	Unwetters	der	Unwetter
dative	einem	dem	Unwetter	den	Unwettern
accusative	ein	das	Unwetter	die	Unwetter

Descendants

• → Lower Sorbian: njewjedro (calque)
• → Upper Sorbian: njewjedro (calque)

Further reading

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