Melodie

See also: melodie, mélodie, Mélodie, and melodię

English

Proper noun

Melodie

A female given name from English, of rather rare usage, variant of Melody.

German

Alternative forms

Melodei (poetic, otherwise obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle High German melodīe, from Latin melodia, from Ancient Greek μελῳδίᾱ (melōidíā). Since the 16th century, the inherited form Melodei was increasingly readapted to the Latin and to French mélodie.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /meloˈdiː/, [me.loˈdiː], [mə-], [ˌmɛ-], [ˌmeː-]
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Rhymes: -iː

Noun

Melodie f (genitive Melodie, plural Melodien)

melody, tune (sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase)
Synonym: Weise

Declension

Declension of Melodie [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Melodie	die	Melodien
genitive	einer	der	Melodie	der	Melodien
dative	einer	der	Melodie	den	Melodien
accusative	eine	die	Melodie	die	Melodien

Derived terms

Erkennungsmelodie
Hauptmelodie
Melodieabfolge
Melodieerkennung
Melodiefluss
Melodiespiel
Melodiestimme
Melodiewechsel
Melodik
melodiös
melodisch
Satzmelodie
Schicksalsmelodie
Sprachmelodie
Titelmelodie
Tonfolge
Traummelodie
Wortmelodie