Lawine

See also: lawine

German

Etymology

From Alemannic German Lauwin, from Middle High German lowin, *lawene (compare Bavarian Laun, Lan), from Old High German lowin, lewina, from Late Latin labina, from Latin lābī (“to glide”). All mentioned German forms are to be stressed on the first syllable; the stress pattern in modern standard German is a spelling pronunciation.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /laˈviːnə/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -iːnə

Noun

Lawine f (genitive Lawine, plural Lawinen)

  1. avalanche

Declension
Declension of Lawine
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Lawine die Lawinen
genitive einer der Lawine der Lawinen
dative einer der Lawine den Lawinen
accusative eine die Lawine die Lawinen

Descendants

Further reading
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