Noun: Felsen
Gender: Masculine
Hyphenation:
Nominative
Indefinite
| Singular | ein Felsen |
| Plural | Felsen |
Definite
| Singular | der Felsen |
| Plural | die Felsen |
Genitive
Indefinite
| Singular | eines Felsens |
| Plural | Felsen |
Definite
| Singular | des Felsens |
| Plural | der Felsen |
Dative
Indefinite
| Singular | einem Felsen |
| Plural | Felsen |
Definite
| Singular | dem Felsen |
| Plural | den Felsen |
Accusative
Indefinite
| Singular | einen Felsen |
| Plural | Felsen |
Definite
| Singular | den Felsen |
| Plural | die Felsen |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like Felsen
Totenkopfäffchen,
Türhaken,
Menschenhaufen,
Drachen,
Vaterschaftsgutachten,
Willkommen,
Biskuitkuchen,
Hintergaumen,
Vernehmlassungsverfahren,
Integralzeichen,
Bierfäßchen,
Böötchen,
Flughörnchen,
Granitfelsen,
Kreuzzeichen,
Luftfahrzeugkennzeichen,
Sensibelchen,
Pluszeichen,
Musikantenknochen,
Verkürzungszeichen, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. From Middle High German felse, fels, from Old High German fels m (8. c), felis m (8. c), feliso m (8. c), felisa f (9. c), possibly from Proto-West Germanic *falis (“rock, cliff”), whence Old Saxon felis, Middle Dutch vels.
2. Pfeifer is uncertain about the further origin. In one theory, he mentions the comparison to Old Norse fjall, Swedish fjäll, Sanskrit पाषाण (pāṣāṇá), Ancient Greek πέλλα (pélla), Old Irish all (from Proto-Celtic *ɸallom) and thus reconstructs Proto-Indo-European *pels-, *pelis-. In another theory he mentions, the Old High German, Old Saxon and Middle Dutch terms are taken as a continuation of Pre-Indo-European *palá- (“mountain”) whence also falaise (“cliff”). See: Old Norse Nouns '
fjall', Swedish Nouns '
fjäll', Ancient Greek Nouns '
πέλλα'.
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