Mineral

See also: mineral, minéral, minerál, and minerał

English

Proper noun

Mineral

1. A census-designated place in Tehama County, California, United States.

Anagrams

• Lierman, manlier, marline, railmen, ramline

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin minerāle (neuter of minerālis), from Medieval Latin minera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmɪnəˈʁaːl/
• Rhymes: -aːl

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Mineral n (strong, genitive Minerales or Minerals, plural Mineralien or Minerale)

1. mineral

Declension

Declension of Mineral [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Mineral	die	Mineralien, Minerale
genitive	eines	des	Minerales, Minerals	der	Mineralien, Minerale
dative	einem	dem	Mineral, Minerale1	den	Mineralien, Mineralen
accusative	ein	das	Mineral	die	Mineralien, Minerale

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• Mineralwasser

Further reading

• “Mineral” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• “Mineral” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Mineral” in Duden online
• “Mineral”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–
• “Mineral” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• Mineral on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /minəˈraːl/

Noun

Mineral n (plural Minerale)

1. mineral

Further reading

• Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Mineral”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /minəˈʀaːl/

Noun

Mineral n (plural Mineraler)

1. mineral