Schlüsselbein

German

Etymology

17th century, from Schlüssel (“key”) +‎ Bein (“bone”), after New Latin clāvicula (literally “little key”). Compare Dutch sleutelbeen, Swedish nyckelben, Czech klíční kost, etc., some of which may be loan translations of the German.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃlʏsəlˌbaɪ̯n/, [ˈʃlʏsəl-], [ˈʃlʏsl̩-]

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Noun

Schlüsselbein n (strong, genitive Schlüsselbeines or Schlüsselbeins, plural Schlüsselbeine)

1. collarbone; clavicle

   Synonym: (medicine only) Klavikula

Declension

Declension of Schlüsselbein [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Schlüsselbein	die	Schlüsselbeine
genitive	eines	des	Schlüsselbeines, Schlüsselbeins	der	Schlüsselbeine
dative	einem	dem	Schlüsselbein, Schlüsselbeine1	den	Schlüsselbeinen
accusative	ein	das	Schlüsselbein	die	Schlüsselbeine

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

• “Schlüsselbein” in Duden online