Ostsee

German

Etymology

Ost (“east”) +‎ See (“sea”) (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “What is Middle High German, Old High German and Proto-Germanic term?”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔstzeː/
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Proper noun

Ostsee f (proper noun, genitive Ostsee)

  1. Baltic Sea (a sea in Northern Europe, an arm of the Atlantic enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia and Sweden)

Declension

Declension of Ostsee [sg-only, feminine]
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative eine die Ostsee
genitive einer der Ostsee
dative einer der Ostsee
accusative eine die Ostsee
  • Ostseeländer
  • Ostseestaaten

Further reading

  • “Ostsee” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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