Reif – German noun declension

German noun forms of Reif

Noun: Reif
Gender: Masculine
Hyphenation:

Nominative

Indefinite

Singularein Reif
Plural Reife; Reifen

Definite

Singularder Reif
Pluraldie Reife; Reifen

Genitive

Indefinite

Singulareines Reifs; Reifes
Plural Reife; Reifen

Definite

Singulardes Reifs; Reifes
Pluralder Reife; Reifen

Dative

Indefinite

Singulareinem Reif; Reife
Plural Reifen

Definite

Singulardem Reif; Reife
Pluralden Reifen

Accusative

Indefinite

Singulareinen Reif
Plural Reife; Reifen

Definite

Singularden Reif
Pluraldie Reife; Reifen

Sample Sentences

  • Anton Wilhelm von Zuccalmaglio, "Es fiel ein Reif in der Frühlingsnacht".
  • Es fiel ein Reif in der Frühlingsnacht,
  • er fiel auf die bunten Blaublümelein,
  • sie sind verwelket, verdorret.
  • Hoarfrost fell in a night in spring,
  • it fell on the colourful blue blossoms, (they withered away, dried up.)

Nouns inflected like Reif

Deichschart, Staket, Armreif, Reif,

Etymology

From Middle High German rīf(e), from Old High German rīfo, hrīfo, from Proto-West Germanic *hrīpō. Cognate with Dutch rijp. Likely related with (and possibly from a stem variant of) Proto-Germanic *hrīmô, whence English rime. See: Dutch Nouns 'rijp', English Nouns 'rime'.

Verbs referencing "Reif"

English Nouns rope, Old English Nouns rap, Dutch Nouns rijp, Dutch Nouns reep, Czech Nouns ráf, Hungarian Nouns ráf.

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