Dschungel
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German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English jungle, ultimately from Sanskrit जङ्गल (jaṅgala).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈ(d)ʒʊŋəl/, [ˈd͡ʒʊŋəl], [ˈd͡ʒʊŋl̩], [ʒʊ-] (standard)
- IPA(key): /ˈtʃʊŋəl/ (many speakers in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
Audio (Austria): (file) Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]Dschungel m or (rare) n (strong or mixed, genitive Dschungels, plural Dschungel or (archaic) Dschungeln or Dschungels) or
Dschungel (now rare) f (genitive Dschungel, plural Dschungel or (archaic) Dschungeln or Dschungels)
- jungle
- 2004, Herbert Kranz, Im Dschungel abgestürzt, page 27:
- Sie kannten sich aus, wie man sich durch die Dschungel des brasilianischen Urwaldes schlug.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Usage notes
[edit]- Dschungel is one of a small number of German nouns which can or historically could have all three genders; see the appendix.
- The masculine gender is by far the most common. The neuter gender and particularly the feminine gender are rare but also considered standard by most grammarians.
Declension
[edit]Declension of Dschungel [masculine // neuter (rare), strong // mixed]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | ein | der, das | Dschungel | die | Dschungel, Dschungeln1, Dschungels1 |
genitive | eines | des | Dschungels | der | Dschungel, Dschungeln1, Dschungels1 |
dative | einem | dem | Dschungel | den | Dschungeln, Dschungels1 |
accusative | einen, ein | den, das | Dschungel | die | Dschungel, Dschungeln1, Dschungels1 |
1Archaic.
Declension of Dschungel [feminine (now rare)]
singular | plural | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | eine | die | Dschungel | die | Dschungel, Dschungeln1, Dschungels1 |
genitive | einer | der | Dschungel | der | Dschungel, Dschungeln1, Dschungels1 |
dative | einer | der | Dschungel | den | Dschungeln, Dschungels1 |
accusative | eine | die | Dschungel | die | Dschungel, Dschungeln1, Dschungels1 |
1Archaic.
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Hungarian: dzsungel
Further reading
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