Abenteuer
German
Etymology
From Middle High German âventiure, borrowed from Old French aventure and like the latter originally feminine. The neuter gender is from Middle Low German.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaːbəntɔʏ̯ɐ/, [ˈaːbəntɔʏ̯ɐ], [ˈaːbm̩tɔʏ̯ɐ]
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Noun
Abenteuer n (strong, genitive Abenteuers, plural Abenteuer)
Declension
Declension of Abenteuer [neuter, strong]
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Luxembourgish: Abenteuer
Further reading
- “Abenteuer” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Abenteuer” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Abenteuer” in Duden online
- Abenteuer on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Abenteuer”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
Luxembourgish
Etymology
Borrowed from German Abenteuer, from Middle High German āventiure, itself borrowed from Old French aventure.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɑbəntɔiər]
Noun
Abenteuer n (plural Abenteuer)
Further reading
- Abenteuer in the Lëtzebuerger Online Dictionnaire