Planet
See also: planet, planèt, and plånet
German
Etymology
A loanword from Latin planeta, planetes, from Ancient Greek πλανήτης (planḗtēs), a variant of πλάνης (plánēs, “wanderer”). The German term Wandelstern is a calque of the former.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /plaˈneːt/
Planet (file)
Noun
Planet m (genitive Planeten, plural Planeten)
- (astronomy) planet
- Mein Vater erklärt mir jeden Sonntag unsere neun Planeten.
- My father explains to me our nine planets every Sunday. (A mnemonic to remember the order of Merkur, Venus, Erde, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptun, Pluto)
Declension
Declension of Planet
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | ein | der | Planet | die | Planeten |
genitive | eines | des | Planeten | der | Planeten |
dative | einem | dem | Planeten | den | Planeten |
accusative | einen | den | Planeten | die | Planeten |
Synonyms
- Wandelstern m
- Irrstern m (obsolete)
Hypernyms
- Himmelskörper m
Hyponyms
- Mond m
- Zwergplanet m
Derived terms
- planetarisch
- Planetarium n
- Planetengetriebe n
- Planetoid m
- Planetenbahn f
- Planetensimal n
- Zwergplanet m
- Exoplanet m
See also
- Umlaufbahn f
Further reading
- Planet in Duden online