Mond

See also: mond, MOND, and 'mond

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old High German māno, from Proto-Germanic *mēnô. Cognate with German Mond, English moon, Icelandic máni, Gothic 𐌼𐌴𐌽𐌰 (mēna).

Noun

Mond m

  1. moon

Central Franconian

Alternative forms
  • Muund (rare variant in Moselle Franconian)

Etymology

From a conflation of Old High German māno (from Proto-Germanic *mēnô) and mānōd (from Proto-Germanic *mēnōþs), both from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mɔːnt/

Noun

Mond m (plural Mond or Monde)

  1. (most dialects) moon
    Wa’ mer naachs em Bösch es, süht mer, wie hell der Mond schengk.
    When you’re in the forest at night, you see how bright the moon shines.
  2. (most dialects) month
    Ich hann ald drei Mond nur der halve Luhn jekräje.
    I’ve been paid just half my salary for three months now.

German
Der Mond von der Erde aus — The Moon as seen from Earth (1)
Der Mond während einer totalen Mondfinsternis — The Moon during a total lunar eclipse (1)

Etymology

From Middle High German māne, from Old High German māno, from Proto-West Germanic *mānō. Later forms of the Middle High German word, mānde, had a final dental due to confusion with mānōt (“month”) (modern Monat).

Cognates

See also Dutch maan, English moon, Swedish måne, Icelandic máni; also Monat.

Further Indo-European cognates: Latin mēnsis (“month”), Ancient Greek μήν (mḗn, “month”), Sanskrit मास (māsa, “moon”), Russian месяц (mesjac, “moon; month”), Lithuanian mėnulis, Persian ماه (mâh, “moon, month”), Tocharian A mañ

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /moːnt/
  • audio (Germany)(file)
  • audio (Austria)(file)

Proper noun

der Mond m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Mondes or des Monds)

  1. (astronomy) the Moon; Earth's only natural satellite, and also a luminary
    Der Mond ist so massereich, dass Erde und Mond zusammen häufig als Doppelplanet bezeichnet werden.
    The Moon has such an enormous mass that Earth and Moon are often considered as a binary system.

Declension
Declension of Mond [sg-only, masculine, strong]
singular
def. noun
nominative der Mond
genitive des Mondes, Monds
dative dem Mond, Monde1
accusative den Mond

1Now rare, see notes.

Noun

Mond m (strong, genitive Mondes or Monds, plural Monde)

  1. (astronomy) moon (a natural satellite that is orbiting its corresponding planet)
    Ganymed ist der größte Mond des Sonnensystems.
    Ganymede is the biggest moon of the Solar System.
    Merkur und Venus haben keine natürlichen Monde.
    Mercury and Venus do not possess natural moons.
  2. (literary, dated) a month, especially a lunar month
  3. (heraldry) moon (often used to describe a crescent)

Declension
Declension of Mond [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Mond die Monde
genitive eines des Mondes, Monds der Monde
dative einem dem Mond, Monde1 den Monden
accusative einen den Mond die Monde

1Now rare, see notes.

Old Declension: This old declension is not used anymore, but was up until the end of the 18th century.

Declension of Mond [masculine, weak]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Mond die Monden
genitive eines des Monden der Monden
dative einem dem Monden den Monden
accusative einen den Monden die Monden

Synonyms

Hypernyms

Hyponyms

Derived terms

See also

Further reading
  • “Mond” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Mond” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Mond” in Duden online
  • Mond on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Middle High German māne, from Old High German māno.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /moːnt/

Noun

Mond m (plural Monde or Mone)

  1. moon

Further reading

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German mund.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mont/

Noun

Mond m (plural Mënner)

  1. mouth
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