Ozean

German

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ōceanus, from Ancient Greek ὠκεανός (ōkeanós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈoːt͡seaːn], [ˈʔoːt͡seaːn]

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• Rhymes: -aːn
• Hyphenation: Oze‧an

Noun

Ozean m (strong, genitive Ozeanes or Ozeans, plural Ozeane)

1. ocean

   Synonym: Weltmeer

Declension

Declension of Ozean [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Ozean	die	Ozeane
genitive	eines	des	Ozeanes, Ozeans	der	Ozeane
dative	einem	dem	Ozean, Ozeane1	den	Ozeanen
accusative	einen	den	Ozean	die	Ozeane

¹Now rare, see notes.

Related terms

• ozeanisch
• Ozeandampfer
• Ozeanriese
• Ozeanographie
• Ozean der Stürme (= Oceanus procellarum; Oceanus Procellarum)

Descendants

• → Hungarian: óceán

Further reading

• “Ozean”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)
• “Ozean” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Ozean” in Duden online
• Ozean on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoːt͡se.aːn/

Noun

Ozean m (plural Ozeanen or Ozeaner)

1. ocean

Plautdietsch

Etymology

Borrowed from German Ozean, Latin ōceanus, from Ancient Greek ὠκεανός (ōkeanós).

Noun

Ozean m (plural plural, diminutive Ozeans)

1. ocean

Derived terms

• Atlantischa Ozean
• Pazifischa Ozean