Form
German
Etymology
From Middle High German form, from Latin forma.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɔʁm/
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Noun
Form f (genitive Form, plural Formen)
- shape
- form (order of doing things)
- 1931, Arthur Schnitzler, Flucht in die Finsternis, S. Fischer Verlag, page 51:
- Und da er keinen Grund hatte, ihr seinen Namen zu verhehlen, so stellte er sich in aller Form vor.
- And because he had no reason to conceal his name from her, he introduced himself in all due form.
Declension
Declension of Form [feminine]
Hypernyms
- Backform
- Brotform
- Dachform
- Kegelform
- Kuchenform
- Leideform
- Maierform
- Pyramidenform
- Regierungsform
- Sonderform
- Sprachform
- Tätigkeitsform
- Würfelform
Derived terms
Related terms
- Formblatt
- Formgröße
- Formsache
Further reading
- “Form” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Form” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Form” in Duden online
- “Form” in OpenThesaurus.de
- Form on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Plautdietsch
Noun
Form m (plural Forms)