Katalog

See also: katalog and katalög

German

ein Zettelkatalog – a card catalogue

Etymology

From Late Latin catalogus, from Ancient Greek κατάλογος (katálogos, “an enrollment, a register”), from καταλέγω (katalégō, “to recount, to tell at length”), from κατά (katá, “downwards, towards”) + λέγω (légō, “to gather, to pick up, to choose for oneself, to pick out, to count”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kataˈloːk/ (standard)
• IPA^(key): /kataˈloːx/ (northern and central Germany; becoming rare for this particular word)

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Ka‧ta‧log

Noun

Katalog m (strong, genitive Kataloges or Katalogs, plural Kataloge)

1. catalogue (systematic list of names, books, pictures, etc.; complete list of items; university calendar)

Declension

Declension of Katalog [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Katalog	die	Kataloge
genitive	eines	des	Kataloges, Katalogs	der	Kataloge
dative	einem	dem	Katalog, Kataloge1	den	Katalogen
accusative	einen	den	Katalog	die	Kataloge

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• katalogisieren
• Zettelkatalog

Further reading

• “Katalog” in Duden online
• “Katalog” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache