Karawane

German

Etymology

15th century, from Italian caravana (older form of carovana), from Persian (kârvân).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kaʁaˈvaːnə/
Audio (file)

Noun

Karawane f (genitive Karawane, plural Karawanen)

caravan (convoy of travellers, especially on camels)

Declension

Declension of Karawane [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Karawane	die	Karawanen
genitive	einer	der	Karawane	der	Karawanen
dative	einer	der	Karawane	den	Karawanen
accusative	eine	die	Karawane	die	Karawanen

Related terms

Descendants

→ Czech: karavana
→ Hungarian: karaván
→ Polish: karawana
→ Serbo-Croatian: карава̀на (karavàna)
→ Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: karawana

Upper Sorbian: karawana
→ Slovak: karavana

Further reading

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

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