Cumulus
German
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ein Cumulus
Alternative forms
- Kumulus
Etymology
[19th c.] Learned borrowing from Latin cumulus (“heap”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkuːmulʊs]
- Hyphenation: Cu‧mu‧lus
Noun
Cumulus m (genitive Cumulus, plural Cumuli)
- cumulus
- Synonyms: Cumuluswolke, Haufenwolke, Quellwolke
Declension
Declension of Cumulus
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | ein | der | Cumulus | die | Cumuli |
genitive | eines | des | Cumulus | der | Cumuli |
dative | einem | dem | Cumulus | den | Cumuli |
accusative | einen | den | Cumulus | die | Cumuli |
Further reading
Cumulus on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- “Cumulus” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Cumulus” in Duden online
- “Cumulus” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon