Erde
See also: Appendix:Variations of "erde"
German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German ërde, from Old High German erda, from Proto-West Germanic *erþu, from Proto-Germanic *erþō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁érteh₂ (“earth”). Compare Dutch aarde, West Frisian ierde, English earth, Danish jord, Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌰 (airþa).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editErde f (genitive Erde, plural Erden)
- (uncountable) soil
- Sie nahm eine Handvoll Erde. ― She took a handful of soil.
- (uncountable) the ground
- (countable) a world; a space to live in
- Synonym: Welt
- Diese Erde wird vergehen, aber Gott wird eine neue Erde schaffen.
- This earth will fade, but God will create a new earth.
Declension
editDeclension of Erde [feminine]
Hyponyms
editDerived terms
editRelated terms
editSee also
editProper noun
editErde f (proper noun, genitive Erde)
- the planet Earth
Derived terms
editSee also
edit- (planets of the Solar System) Planeten des Sonnensystems; Merkur, Venus, Erde, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptun, Pluto (traditionally; by the IAU founded in 1919 only till 2006)
Further reading
edit- “Erde” in Duden online
- “Erde” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Erde” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
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