Sylphe

See also: sylphe

German

Etymology

First attested in 1657. Borrowed from New Latin sylphes, coined by Paracelsus in the 16th century. The coinage may derive from Latin sylvestris (“of the woods”) and nympha (“nymph”), or otherwise Ancient Greek σίλφη (sílphē, “beetle”).

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Noun

Sylphe m (weak, genitive Sylphen, plural Sylphen, feminine Sylphide) or
Sylphe f (genitive Sylphe, plural Sylphen)

1. sylph (the elemental being of air)

Declension

Declension of Sylphe [masculine, weak]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Sylphe	die	Sylphen
genitive	eines	des	Sylphen	der	Sylphen
dative	einem	dem	Sylphen	den	Sylphen
accusative	einen	den	Sylphen	die	Sylphen

Declension of Sylphe [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Sylphe	die	Sylphen
genitive	einer	der	Sylphe	der	Sylphen
dative	einer	der	Sylphe	den	Sylphen
accusative	eine	die	Sylphe	die	Sylphen