Vieleck
German
editEtymology
editFrom viele (“many”) + Ecke (“corner”), likely a calque of Dutch veelhoek, coined by Simon Stevin as a purism for Latin polygōnum, from Ancient Greek πολύγωνον (polúgōnon).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editVieleck n (strong, genitive Vielecks, plural Vielecke)
Declension
editDeclension of Vieleck [neuter, strong]
Hyponyms
edit- Dreieck, Viereck, Fünfeck, Sechseck
- Siebeneck, Achteck, Neuneck
- Zehneck, Elfeck, Zwölfeck
- Dreizehneck, Vierzehneck
- Siebzehneck, Neunzehneck
- Zwanzigeck, Achtundzwanzigeck
- Dreißigeck, Zweiunddreißigeck
- Vierzigeck, Achtundvierzigeck
- Fünfzigeck, Einundfünfzigeck
- Sechzigeck, Vierundsechzigeck
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
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- German compound terms
- German terms calqued from Dutch
- German terms derived from Dutch
- German terms derived from Latin
- German terms derived from Ancient Greek
- German 2-syllable words
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- German terms with audio pronunciation
- German lemmas
- German nouns
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