Material
German
Etymology
From Latin māteriālis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mat(e)ˈri̯aːl/
- IPA(key): [ma.te.ʁiˈaːl], [-tə-] (especially formal)
Audio: (file)
- IPA(key): [ma.tʁiˈaːl] (most usual form in Germany)
- IPA(key): [ma.tɐˈjaːl], [-tər-] (regional, including eastern Germany, Bavaria, Austria)
Audio (Austria): (file)
- IPA(key): [ma.te.ʁiˈaːl], [-tə-] (especially formal)
- Rhymes: -aːl
- Hyphenation: Ma‧te‧ri‧al
Noun
Material n (strong, genitive Materials, plural Materialien)
Declension
Declension of Material [neuter, strong]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | das | Material | die | Materialien |
| genitive | eines | des | Materials | der | Materialien |
| dative | einem | dem | Material | den | Materialien |
| accusative | ein | das | Material | die | Materialien |
Hyponyms
Derived terms
- materialmäßig
Related terms
- Materialeigenschaft
- Materialermüdung
- Materialklasse
- Materialmangel
- Materialschlacht
- Materialverbrauch
Descendants
- → Polish: materiał, materyjał (Middle Polish), materjał (pl-pre-1938)
- → Kashubian: materiôł
Further reading
- “Material” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Material” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Material” in Duden online
- “Material” in OpenThesaurus.de
- Material on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Hunsrik
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /materiˈaːl/
Noun
Material n (plural Materiale)