Kleid – German noun declension

German noun forms of Kleid

Noun: Kleid
Gender: Neuter
Hyphenation:

Nominative

Indefinite

Singularein Kleid
Plural Kleider

Definite

Singulardas Kleid
Pluraldie Kleider

Genitive

Indefinite

Singulareines Kleides; Kleids
Plural Kleider

Definite

Singulardes Kleides; Kleids
Pluralder Kleider

Dative

Indefinite

Singulareinem Kleid; Kleide
Plural Kleidern

Definite

Singulardem Kleid; Kleide
Pluralden Kleidern

Accusative

Indefinite

Singularein Kleid
Plural Kleider

Definite

Singulardas Kleid
Pluraldie Kleider

Sample Sentences

  • Federkleid (plumage)
  • [D]ie Sauen, Reh und Hirsche / erleg ich auf der Pirsche, / der Fuchs lässt mir sein Kleid. (Sows, roe and deer / I track, and grab / The fox, he left me his cap.) [1816, “Im Wald und auf der Heide”, Wilhelm Bornemann (lyrics):]

Etymology

From Middle High German kleit, from Old High German *kleid, from Proto-Germanic *klaiþą, from Proto-Indo-European *gleyt-. Cognate with Dutch kleed, Low German Kleid, English cloth. Possibly related to klettern, Klette, Klei. See: Dutch Nouns 'kleed', English Nouns 'cloth'.

Verbs referencing "Kleid"

English Nouns cloth, Danish Nouns klæde, Dutch Nouns kleed, Latvian Nouns kleita, Swedish Nouns kläde.

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