Haustürschlüssel

German

Etymology

Haustür (“front door”) +‎ Schlüssel (“key”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaʊ̯styːɐ̯ˌʃlʏsl̩/, /ˈhaʊ̯styːɐ̯ˌʃlʏsəl/

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• Hyphenation: Haus‧tür‧schlüs‧sel

Noun

Haustürschlüssel m (strong, genitive Haustürschlüssels, plural Haustürschlüssel)

1. front door key

   Ich habe meinen Haustürschlüssel verloren. ― I lost my front door key.

Declension

Declension of Haustürschlüssel [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Haustürschlüssel	die	Haustürschlüssel
genitive	eines	des	Haustürschlüssels	der	Haustürschlüssel
dative	einem	dem	Haustürschlüssel	den	Haustürschlüsseln
accusative	einen	den	Haustürschlüssel	die	Haustürschlüssel

Related terms

• Autoschlüssel m (“car key, ignition key”)
• Maulschlüssel m (“open end spanner”)
• Notenschlüssel m (“clef”)
• Ringschlüssel m
• Schlüsselbein n (“collarbone”)
• Schlüsselbund n or m (“bunch of keys”)
• Türschlüssel m

 

Further reading

• “Haustürschlüssel” in Duden online