Topas

See also: topas, tópas, tópás, and topás

German

Etymology

From Middle High German topāʒje, topāʒe, topaʒīus m or n, from Late Latin topāzius f, topāzion n, topāzōn m, from Classical topāzus f, topāzos f, from Ancient Greek τοπάζιον n (topázion), τόπαζος m (tópazos), probably named after Τόπαζος (Tópazos), ancient name of St. John's Island, Egypt, in the Red Sea, believed to be the first discovered source of the mineral peridot.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -aːs

Noun

Topas m (strong, genitive Topases, plural Topase)

1. (mineralogy) topaz

Declension

Declension of Topas [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Topas	die	Topase
genitive	eines	des	Topases	der	Topase
dative	einem	dem	Topas, Topase1	den	Topasen
accusative	einen	den	Topas	die	Topase

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

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