Metall

See also: Mëtall and metall

German

Etymology

From Middle High German metalle, from Latin metallum (14th century).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /meˈtal/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Me‧tall
  • Rhymes: -al

Noun

Metall n (strong, genitive Metalles or Metalls, plural Metalle)

  1. metal
  2. (heraldry) metal

Declension

Declension of Metall [neuter, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Metall die Metalle
genitive eines des Metalles, Metalls der Metalle
dative einem dem Metall, Metalle1 den Metallen
accusative ein das Metall die Metalle

1Now rare, see notes.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “Metall” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Metall” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Metall” in Duden online
  • Metall on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /meˈtɑl/

Noun

Metall n (plural Metaller)

  1. metal
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