fiksstjerne

Danish

Etymology

From fiks (“fixed”) +‎ stjerne (“star”), calque of Latin stēlla fīxa. Compare also English fixed star, German Fixstern. The term refers to the fact that its relative position in the sky seems constant (or the medieval belief that the stars are set on a sphere concentric to Earth), as opposed to vandrestjerner (“wandering stars”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /feksstjɛrnə/, [ˈfeɡ̊sˌsd̥jaɐ̯nə]

Noun

fiksstjerne c (singular definite fiksstjernen, plural indefinite fiksstjerner)

(astronomy, obsolete) a fixed star

Declension

Declension of fiksstjerne

common gender	Singular		Plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fiksstjerne	fiksstjernen	fiksstjerner	fiksstjernerne
genitive	fiksstjernes	fiksstjernens	fiksstjerners	fiksstjernernes