Nachtigall – German noun declension

German noun forms of Nachtigall

Noun: Nachtigall
Gender: Feminine
Hyphenation:

Nominative

Indefinite

Singulareine Nachtigall
Plural Nachtigallen

Definite

Singulardie Nachtigall
Pluraldie Nachtigallen

Genitive

Indefinite

Singulareiner Nachtigall
Plural Nachtigallen

Definite

Singularder Nachtigall
Pluralder Nachtigallen

Dative

Indefinite

Singulareiner Nachtigall
Plural Nachtigallen

Definite

Singularder Nachtigall
Pluralden Nachtigallen

Accusative

Indefinite

Singulareine Nachtigall
Plural Nachtigallen

Definite

Singulardie Nachtigall
Pluraldie Nachtigallen

Sample Sentences

  • Willst du schon gehn? Der Tag ist ja noch fern. / Es war die Nachtigall und nicht die Lerche, / Die eben jetzt dein banges Ohr durchdrang; / Sie singt des Nachts auf dem Granatbaum dort. / Glaub, Lieber, mir: es war die Nachtigall. (Wilt thou be gone? It is not yet near day. / It was the nightingale, and not the lark, / That pierced the fearful hollow of thine ear. / Nightly she sings on yond pomegranate tree. / Believe me, love, it was the nightingale.) [1797, August Wilhelm Schlegel, transl., Romeo und Julia, translation of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, [Act III, scene v]:]

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German nahtegal, nahtegale, from Old High German nahtagala, from Proto-West Germanic *nahtigalā (literally “she who sings during the night”). Related to Nacht and gellen. Middle High German unstressed -eg- regularly yields modern -ig- (compare the suffix -ig and words like Bräutigam). Cognate with Dutch nachtegaal, English nightingale (which see for more). See: Dutch Nouns 'nachtegaal', English Nouns 'nightingale'.

Verbs referencing "Nachtigall"

English Nouns nightingale, Latvian Nouns lakstīgala.

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