Jungfrau
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Jungfrau
- The highest mountain in the Bernese Alps, Switzerland.
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German juncvrouwe, from Old High German juncvrouwa (“maiden; unmarried noblewoman”). Equivalent to jung + Frau. Compare Danish jomfru, Dutch jonkvrouw (“maiden”), juffrouw (“unmarried young woman; female teacher, nanny”), Yiddish יונגפֿרױ (yungfroy).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Jungfrau f (genitive Jungfrau, plural Jungfrauen)
- virgin (person, especially female, who has never had sexual intercourse)
- (archaic) maiden (young woman)
- (astronomy, astrology) Virgo (a constellation and an astrological sign).
Declension
[edit]Declension of Jungfrau [feminine]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | eine | die | Jungfrau | die | Jungfrauen |
genitive | einer | der | Jungfrau | der | Jungfrauen |
dative | einer | der | Jungfrau | den | Jungfrauen |
accusative | eine | die | Jungfrau | die | Jungfrauen |
Derived terms
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[edit]See also
[edit]Zodiac signs in German (layout · text) | |||||||||||
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Widder | Stier | Zwillinge | Krebs | ||||||||
Löwe | Jungfrau | Waage | Skorpion | ||||||||
Schütze | Steinbock | Wassermann | Fische |
Further reading
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