Edelweiß

See also: edelweiss and Edelweiss

German

Alternative forms

Edelweiss (Switzerland)

Etymology

From edel (“noble”) +‎ weiß (“white”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈeːdl̩vaɪ̯s/
Audio (file)

Noun

Edelweiß n (strong, genitive Edelweißes, plural Edelweiße)

edelweiss

Declension

Declension of Edelweiß [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Edelweiß	die	Edelweiße
genitive	eines	des	Edelweißes	der	Edelweiße
dative	einem	dem	Edelweiß, Edelweiße¹	den	Edelweißen
accusative	ein	das	Edelweiß	die	Edelweiße

¹Now rare, see notes.

Descendants

→ Afrikaans: edelweiss
→ Cimbrian: edlvais
→ Dutch: edelweiss
→ English: edelweiss
→ Estonian: eedelveiss
→ French: edelweiss
→ Greek: εντελβάις (entelváis)
→ Japanese: エーデルワイス (ēderuwaisu)
→ Korean: 에델바이스 (edelbaiseu)
→ Mòcheno: edelbais
→ Norwegian: edelweiss
→ Portuguese: edelvaisse, edelvais
→ Romanian: edelvais
→ Russian: эдельвейс (edelʹvejs)

Further reading

“Edelweiß” in Duden online
“Edelweiß” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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