Muräne
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin mūraena, mūrēna, from Ancient Greek μύραινα (múraina). Attested since the 14th century, sometimes also borrowed as Mure (18th century). Not related to German Maräne.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /muˈʁɛːnə/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
- IPA(key): /muˈʁeːnə/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: Mu‧rä‧ne
Noun
[edit]Muräne f (genitive Muräne, plural Muränen)
- moray (eels of the family Muraenidae)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Muräne [feminine]
References
[edit]- ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “Muräne”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN