Fenster

See also: fenster and Fënster

German

Etymology

From Middle High German venster, from Old High German fenstar, from Latin fenestra (“window”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfɛnstɐ/
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Noun

Fenster n (genitive Fensters, plural Fenster, diminutive Fensterchen n)

  1. window
    • 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Orgelpfeifen, in: Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun. Verlag, page 9:
      So dunkel und schauerlich die Gruft aussah, wenn man durch die blinden, bestaubten Scheibchen der kleinen Fenster hineinblickte, so hell und freundlich war oben die Kirche.
      Just as dark and eerie the crypt looked like, if one looked in it through the cloudy, dusted little panes of the small windows, as bright and friendly was the church above.
  2. (figuratively) time frame

Declension
Declension of Fenster
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Fenster die Fenster
genitive eines des Fensters der Fenster
dative einem dem Fenster den Fenstern
accusative ein das Fenster die Fenster

Derived terms

Descendants

Synonyms 2

Further reading

Hunsrik

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfɛnʃtɐ/

Noun

Fenster f (plural Fenster, Fenstre)

  1. pane of glass, window pane
    Ich mache die Fenster sauver.
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