Pfahl
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German pfāl, phāl, from Old High German pfāl, from Proto-West Germanic *pālu, from Latin pālus.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /p͡faːl/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /faːl/ (northern and central Germany)
Audio (Germany (Berlin)): (file) - Rhymes: -aːl
- Homophone: fahl (regional)
Noun
[edit]Pfahl m (strong, genitive Pfahles or Pfahls, plural Pfähle)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der | Pfahl | die | Pfähle |
| genitive | eines | des | Pfahles, Pfahls | der | Pfähle |
| dative | einem | dem | Pfahl, Pfahle1 | den | Pfählen |
| accusative | einen | den | Pfahl | die | Pfähle |
1Now rare, see notes.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Pfahl m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Pfahls or (with an article) Pfahl, feminine genitive Pfahl, plural Pfahls)
- a surname
Further reading
[edit]Categories:
- German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- German terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *pelH-
- German terms inherited from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Middle High German
- German terms inherited from Old High German
- German terms derived from Old High German
- German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- German terms derived from Latin
- German 1-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:German/aːl
- Rhymes:German/aːl/1 syllable
- German terms with homophones
- German lemmas
- German nouns
- German masculine nouns
- de:Heraldic charges
- German proper nouns
- German feminine nouns
- German nouns with multiple genders
- German surnames