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
	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

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