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]
jung + Frau or from Middle High German juncfrouwe (juncvrouwe)
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Jungfrau f (genitive Jungfrau, plural Jungfrauen)
- virgin (woman who has never had sexual intercourse)
- (archaic) maiden (young woman)
- (astronomy, astrology) Virgo (a constellation and an astrological sign).
Declension[edit]
Declension of Jungfrau
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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[edit]
Related terms[edit]
See also[edit]
- (Western astrology signs) Tierkreiszeichen; Widder, Stier, Zwilling, Krebs, Löwe, Jungfrau, Waage, Skorpion, Schütze, Steinbock, Wassermann, Fische
Further reading[edit]
- Jungfrau in Duden online
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- English terms derived from German
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
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- German compound words
- German terms inherited from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Middle High German
- German 2-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio links
- German lemmas
- German nouns
- German feminine nouns
- German terms with archaic senses
- de:Constellations
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