Dünung

German

Dünung

Etymology

Borrowed from Low German Dünung, from dunen (“to expand”), probably related to Dumen (“thumb”), for which see Old Saxon thūmo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdyːnʊŋ/
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Hyphenation: Dü‧nung

Noun

Dünung f (genitive Dünung, plural Dünungen)

(nautical) swell (series of waves, especially after a storm)

Declension

Declension of Dünung [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Dünung	die	Dünungen
genitive	einer	der	Dünung	der	Dünungen
dative	einer	der	Dünung	den	Dünungen
accusative	eine	die	Dünung	die	Dünungen

Further reading

Dünung on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
“Dünung” in Duden online
“Dünung” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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