Dorn – German noun declension

German noun forms of Dorn

Noun: Dorn
Gender: Masculine
Hyphenation:

Nominative

Indefinite

Singularein Dorn
Plural Dornen; Dorne

Definite

Singularder Dorn
Pluraldie Dornen; Dorne

Genitive

Indefinite

Singulareines Dornes; Dorns
Plural Dornen; Dorne

Definite

Singulardes Dornes; Dorns
Pluralder Dornen; Dorne

Dative

Indefinite

Singulareinem Dorn; Dorne
Plural Dornen

Definite

Singulardem Dorn; Dorne
Pluralden Dornen

Accusative

Indefinite

Singulareinen Dorn
Plural Dornen; Dorne

Definite

Singularden Dorn
Pluraldie Dornen; Dorne

Sample Sentences

  • Ein Kaktus hat keine Stacheln, sondern Dornen, während eine Rose keine Dornen, sondern Stacheln hat. (A cactus has no spines, only thorns, while a rose has prickles but no thorns.)

Nouns inflected like Dorn

Dorn,

Etymology

From Middle High German dorn, from Old High German dorn, from Proto-West Germanic *þornu, from Proto-Germanic *þurnuz, from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥nós, from *(s)ter- (“stiff”). Compare Low German Doorn; Durn (Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch); Däörn (Münsterländisch), Dutch doorn, English thorn, Danish torn, Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽𐌿𐍃 (þaurnus). See: Dutch Nouns 'doorn', English Nouns 'thorn', Danish Nouns 'torn', Gothic Nouns '𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽𐌿𐍃'.

Verbs referencing "Dorn"

Faroese Nouns torn, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns torn, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns torn, English Nouns thorn, Old English Nouns þorn, Icelandic Nouns þyrnir, Czech Nouns trn, Swedish Nouns törne.

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