Γερμανία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Γερμᾱνός (Germānós, “German”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) or borrowed from Latin Germānia.

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Γερμᾱνῐ́ᾱ • (Germānĭ́ā) f (genitive Γερμᾱνῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. Germania (an ancient region of Central Europe, roughly corresponding to modern Germany)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Γερμᾱνῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Γερμᾱνῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Γερμᾱνῐ́ᾱ
hē Germānĭ́ā
Genitive τῆς Γερμᾱνῐ́ᾱς
tês Germānĭ́ās
Dative τῇ Γερμᾱνῐ́ᾳ
tēî Germānĭ́āi
Accusative τὴν Γερμᾱνῐ́ᾱν
tḕn Germānĭ́ān
Vocative Γερμᾱνῐ́ᾱ
Germānĭ́ā
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: Γερμανία (Germanía, “Germany”)
  • → Old Armenian: Գերմանիա (Germania)

References

Further reading

Greek

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʝeɾ.maˈni.a/

Proper noun

Γερμανία • (Germanía) f

  1. Germany (a country in Central Europe, formed in 1949 as West Germany, with its provisional capital Bonn until 1990, when it incorporated East Germany)

Declension

Declension of Γερμανία
singular
nominative Γερμανία (Germanía)
genitive Γερμανίας (Germanías)
accusative Γερμανία (Germanía)
vocative Γερμανία (Germanía)

Synonyms

Derived terms

See also

countries in Europe: Χώρες της Ευρώπης (Chóres tis Evrópis) (appendix)edit
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