Sichelmonat

German

Etymology

From Sichel (“sickle”) +‎ Monat (“month”), in reference to the time of year for harvesting. Similar constructions are found in Slavic, for example Czech srpen (“August”) and Serbo-Croatian srpanj (“July”).

Noun

Sichelmonat m (strong, genitive Sichelmonat, no plural)

  1. (archaic) August
    Synonym: August

Declension
Declension of Sichelmonat [sg-only, masculine, strong]
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative ein der Sichelmonat
genitive eines des Sichelmonat
dative einem dem Sichelmonat
accusative einen den Sichelmonat
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