Wattenmeer
German
Etymology
From Watt (“foreshore”) + -en- + Meer (“sea”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvatn̩ˌmeːɐ̯/
- Hyphenation: Wat‧ten‧meer
Noun
Wattenmeer n (genitive Wattenmeeres or Wattenmeers, plural Wattenmeere)
- mudflat, tidal flat
- Wadden Sea (along the North Sea coast)
Declension
Declension of Wattenmeer
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | ein | das | Wattenmeer | die | Wattenmeere |
genitive | eines | des | Wattenmeeres, Wattenmeers | der | Wattenmeere |
dative | einem | dem | Wattenmeer, Wattenmeere1 | den | Wattenmeeren |
accusative | ein | das | Wattenmeer | die | Wattenmeere |
1Now uncommon, see notes
Further reading
Wattenmeer on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de- Wattenmeer in Duden online