Planet

See also: planet, planèt, and plånet

German

Die Erde ist einer von neun/acht Planeten, welche die Sonne umkreisen.

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
	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

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