Γερμανία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Γερμᾱνός (Germānós, “German”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā) or borrowed from Latin Germānia.

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Γερμᾱνῐ́ᾱ • (Germāníā) f (genitive Γερμᾱνῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. Germania (an ancient region in Central Europe, roughly corresponding to modern Germany)

Inflection
First declension of ἡ Γερμᾱνῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Γερμᾱνῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Γερμᾱνῐ́ᾱ
hē Germāníā
Genitive τῆς Γερμᾱνῐ́ᾱς
tês Germāníās
Dative τῇ Γερμᾱνῐ́ᾳ
têi Germāníāi
Accusative τὴν Γερμᾱνῐ́ᾱν
tḕn Germāníān
Vocative Γερμᾱνῐ́ᾱ
Germāníā
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • Greek: Γερμανία (Germanía, “Germany”)
  • → Old Armenian: Գերմանիա (Germania)

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Greek

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʝeɾ.maˈni.a/

Proper noun

Γερμανία • (Germanía) f (plural Germanía)

  1. Germany (a country in Central Europe, formed in 1949 as West Germany, with its provisional capital Bonn until 1990, when it incorporated East Germany)

Declension
  Γερμανία
case     \     number singular
nominative Γερμανία •
genitive Γερμανίας •
accusative Γερμανία •
vocative Γερμανία •

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