Eternit

See also: eternit, éternit, and éternît

German

Etymology

From Latin aeternus +‎ -it. Coined by Austrian industrialist Ludwig Hatschek in 1903.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /etɛʁˈniːt/

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• Hyphenation: E‧ter‧nit

Noun

Eternit m (strong, genitive Eternits, plural Eternite)

1. Eternit (brand of fibre cement)

   Hypernyms: Asbestzementschiefer, Faserzement

Declension

Declension of Eternit [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Eternit	die	Eternite
genitive	eines	des	Eternits	der	Eternite
dative	einem	dem	Eternit	den	Eterniten
accusative	einen	den	Eternit	die	Eternite

Descendants

• → Czech: eternit
• → English: Eternit
• → Estonian: eterniit
• → French: éternit
• → Polish: eternit
• → Swedish: eternit

Further reading

• “Eternit” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Eternit” in Duden online
• “Eternit”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–
• “Eternit” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon