Erde

See also: Appendix:Variations of "erde"

German

Etymology

From Middle High German ërde, from Old High German erda, from Proto-West Germanic *erþu, from Proto-Germanic *erþō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁érteh₂ (“earth”). Compare Dutch aarde, West Frisian ierde, English earth, Danish jord, Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌰 (airþa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈeːrdə/, [ˈʔeːɐ̯də], [ˈʔɛɐ̯də]
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Rhymes: -eːɐ̯də

Noun

Erde f (genitive Erde, plural Erden)

(uncountable) soil
Sie nahm eine Handvoll Erde. ― She took a handful of soil.
(uncountable) the ground
Synonyms: Boden, Grund

Er fiel auf die Erde. ― He fell on the ground.
(countable) a world; a space to live in
Synonym: Welt

Diese Erde wird vergehen, aber Gott wird eine neue Erde schaffen.
This earth will fade, but God will create a new earth.

Declension

Declension of Erde [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Erde	die	Erden
genitive	einer	der	Erde	der	Erden
dative	einer	der	Erde	den	Erden
accusative	eine	die	Erde	die	Erden

Dative singular can also be Erden in older texts and phrases as auf Erden.

Derived terms

Proper noun

Erde f (proper noun, genitive Erde)

the planet Earth

Derived terms

auf Erden
Erdabkühlung
Erderwärmung
Mutter Erde

See also

(planets of the Solar System) Planeten Sonnensystems; Merkur, Venus, Erde, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptun, Pluto (traditionally; by the IAU founded in 1919 only till 2006)

Further reading

“Erde” in Duden online
“Erde” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Erde” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.

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