Urstromtal

German

Etymology

From ur- (“primeval”) +‎ Strom (“stream”) +‎ Tal (“valley”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuːɐ̯ʃtʁoːmˌtaːl/
• Hyphenation: Ur‧strom‧tal

• Audio:

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Noun

Urstromtal n (strong, genitive Urstromtales or Urstromtals, plural Urstromtäler)

1. urstromtal (type of glacial valley)

Declension

Declension of Urstromtal [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Urstromtal	die	Urstromtäler
genitive	eines	des	Urstromtales, Urstromtals	der	Urstromtäler
dative	einem	dem	Urstromtal, Urstromtale1	den	Urstromtälern
accusative	ein	das	Urstromtal	die	Urstromtäler

¹Now rare, see notes.

Descendants

• → English: urstromtal

Further reading

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