Serail

German

Etymology

17th century, from French sérail, from Italian serraglio, from Ottoman Turkish سرای‎ (seray, saray), from Persian سرای‎ (sarây).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /zeˈʁaɪ̯/, (dated) /zeˈʁaɪ̯l/
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Noun

Serail m (strong, genitive Serails, plural Serails)

  1. seraglio (palace of a Sultan)

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