Windrose

See also: windrose and wind rose

German

Windrose

Etymology

Wind (“wind”) +‎ Rose (“rose”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈvɪntˌʁoːzə/
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Hyphenation: Wind‧ro‧se

Noun

Windrose f (genitive Windrose, plural Windrosen)

(meteorology) wind rose, compass rose
Synonym: Kompassrose

Declension

Declension of Windrose [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Windrose	die	Windrosen
genitive	einer	der	Windrose	der	Windrosen
dative	einer	der	Windrose	den	Windrosen
accusative	eine	die	Windrose	die	Windrosen

Related terms

Windfahne, Windhose, Windrichtung
Rosengarten, Pfingstrose, Seerose

Further reading

“Windrose” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
“Windrose” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
“Windrose” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Windrose on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

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