FromOld High Germanmāno, fromProto-Germanic*mēnô. Cognate withGermanMond,Englishmoon,Icelandicmáni,Gothic𐌼𐌴𐌽𐌰(mēna).
Mond m
- moon
- Muund(rare variant in Moselle Franconian)
From a conflation ofOld High Germanmāno (fromProto-Germanic*mēnô) andmānōd (from Proto-Germanic*mēnōþs), both fromProto-Indo-European*mḗh₁n̥s.
Mond m (pluralMondorMonde)
- (most dialects)moon
Wa’ mer naachs em Bösch es, süht mer, wie hell derMond schengk.- When you’re in the forest at night, you see how bright themoon shines.
- (most dialects)month
Ich hann ald dreiMond nur der halve Luhn jekräje.- I’ve been paid just half my salary for threemonths now.
DerMond von der Erde aus — The Moon as seen from Earth (1)
DerMond während einer totalen Mondfinsternis — The Moon during a total lunar eclipse (1)FromMiddle High Germanmāne, fromOld High Germanmāno, fromProto-West Germanic*mānō. Later forms of the Middle High German word,mānde, had a final dental due to confusion withmānōt(“month”) (modernMonat).
Cognates
See alsoDutchmaan,Englishmoon,Swedishmåne,Icelandicmáni; alsoMonat.
Further Indo-European cognates:Latinmēnsis(“month”),Ancient Greekμήν(mḗn,“month”),Sanskritमास(māsa,“moon”),Russianмесяц(mesjac,“moon; month”),Lithuanianmėnulis,Persianماه(mâh,“moon, month”),Tocharian Amañ
der Mond m (proper noun,strong,usually definite,definite genitivedesMondesordesMonds)
- (astronomy) theMoon;Earth's only natural satellite, and also aluminary
DerMond ist so massereich, dass Erde undMond zusammen häufig als Doppelplanet bezeichnet werden.- TheMoon has such an enormous mass that Earth andMoon are often considered as a binary system.
Declension ofMond [sg-only, masculine, strong]
Mond m (strong,genitiveMondesorMonds,pluralMonde)
- (astronomy)moon(a naturalsatellite that isorbiting its corresponding planet)
Ganymed ist der größteMond des Sonnensystems.- Ganymede is the biggestmoon of the Solar System.
Merkur und Venus haben keine natürlichenMonde.- Mercury and Venus do not possess naturalmoons.
- (literary, dated) amonth, especially alunar month
- (heraldry)moon (often used to describe acrescent)
Declension ofMond [masculine, strong]
Old Declension: This old declension is not used anymore, but was up until the end of the 18th century.
Declension ofMond [masculine, weak]
- “Mond” inDigitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Mond” in Uni Leipzig:Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Mond” inDuden online
Mond on the German Wikipedia.Wikipediade
- moont(Wiesemann spelling)
Inherited fromCentral FranconianMond, fromOld High Germanmāno +mānōd.[1]
Mond m (pluralMone)
- Moon
- ^Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Mond”, inDicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti:Riograndenser Hunsrickisch,page113, column 2
FromOld High Germanmund.
Mond m (pluralMënner)
- mouth
