Melodie

See also: melodie, mélodie, Mélodie, and melodię

English

Proper noun

Melodie

  1. A female given name from English, of rather rare usage, variant of Melody.

German

Alternative forms

  • Melodei (poetic, otherwise obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle High German melodīe, from Latin melodia, from Ancient Greek μελῳδίᾱ (melōidíā). Since the 16th century, the inherited form Melodei was increasingly readapted to the Latin and to French mélodie.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /meloˈdiː/, [me.loˈdiː], [mə-], [ˌmɛ-], [ˌmeː-]
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  • Rhymes: -iː

Noun

Melodie f (genitive Melodie, plural Melodien)

  1. melody, tune (sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase)
    Synonym: Weise

Declension

Declension of Melodie [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Melodie die Melodien
genitive einer der Melodie der Melodien
dative einer der Melodie den Melodien
accusative eine die Melodie die Melodien

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “Melodie” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Melodie” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Melodie” in Duden online
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