Katalog

See also: katalog and katalög

German
ein Zettelkatalog – a card catalogue

Etymology

From Late Latin catalogus, from Ancient Greek κατάλογος (katálogos, “an enrollment, a register”), from καταλέγω (katalégō, “to recount, to tell at length”), from κατά (katá, “downwards, towards”) + λέγω (légō, “to gather, to pick up, to choose for oneself, to pick out, to count”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kataˈloːk/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /kataˈloːx/ (northern and central Germany; becoming rare for this particular word)
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  • Hyphenation: Ka‧ta‧log

Noun

Katalog m (strong, genitive Kataloges or Katalogs, plural Kataloge)

  1. catalogue (systematic list of names, books, pictures, etc.; complete list of items; university calendar)

Declension
Declension of Katalog [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Katalog die Kataloge
genitive eines des Kataloges, Katalogs der Kataloge
dative einem dem Katalog, Kataloge1 den Katalogen
accusative einen den Katalog die Kataloge

1Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

Further reading
  • “Katalog” in Duden online
  • “Katalog” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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