Mond

• Mann, manä, meini, manòd, mànund

From Old High German māno, from Proto-Germanic *mēnô. Cognate with German Mond, English moon, Icelandic máni, Gothic 𐌼𐌴𐌽𐌰 (mēna).

Mond m

1. moon

• Muund (rare variant in Moselle Franconian)

From a conflation of Old High German māno (from Proto-Germanic *mēnô) and mānōd (from Proto-Germanic *mēnōþs), both from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s.

• IPA^(key): /mɔːnt/

Mond m (plural Mond or Monde)

1. (most dialects) moon

   Wa’ mer naachs em Bösch es, süht mer, wie hell der Mond schengk.

   When you’re in the forest at night, you see how bright the moon shines.

2. (most dialects) month

   Ich hann ald drei Mond nur der halve Luhn jekräje.

   I’ve been paid just half my salary for three months now.

From Middle High German māne, from Old High German māno, from Proto-West Germanic *mānō. Later forms of the Middle High German word, mānde, had a final dental due to confusion with mānōt (“month”) (modern Monat).

• IPA^(key): /moːnt/

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der Mond m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Mondes or des Monds)

1. (astronomy) the Moon; Earth's only natural satellite, and also a luminary

   Der Mond ist so massereich, dass Erde und Mond zusammen häufig als Doppelplanet bezeichnet werden.

   The Moon has such an enormous mass that Earth and Moon are often considered as a binary system.

Mond m (strong, genitive Mondes or Monds, plural Monde)

1. (astronomy) moon (a natural satellite that is orbiting its corresponding planet)

   Ganymed ist der größte Mond des Sonnensystems.

   Ganymede is the biggest moon of the Solar System.

   Merkur und Venus haben keine natürlichen Monde.

   Mercury and Venus do not possess natural moons.

2. (literary, dated) a month, especially a lunar month
3. (heraldry) moon (often used to describe a crescent)

Old Declension: This old declension is not used anymore, but was up until the end of the 18th century.

• (Earth's moon): Luna
• (any moon): Trabant m, Satellit m

• Himmelskörper m

• Halbmond m
• Neumond m
• Vollmond m

• Monat m
• Montag m

• Satellit m
• Trabant m

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

• moont (Wiesemann spelling)

Inherited from Central Franconian Mond.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoːnt/
• Rhymes: -oːnt

Mond m (plural Mone)

1. Moon

From Old High German mund.

• IPA^(key): /mont/

Mond m (plural Mënner)

1. mouth