Paradies

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German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle High German paradīs(e), from Old High German paradīs, from Proto-West Germanic *paradīs (Paradise, Eden), borrowed from Latin paradīsum. The modern form with -ie- perhaps partly from non-diphthongising dialects, but chiefly after the Latin.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /paʁaˈdiːs/
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Noun

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Paradies n (strong, genitive Paradieses, plural Paradiese)

  1. paradise
    • 1919, Aleksey Remizov, translated by Arthur Luther, Legenden und Geschichten[1] (fiction), Leipzig: Kurt Wolff, →ISBN:
      Die Stunde der Verheißung wird kommen, und ich werde euch das Paradies wiedergeben.
      The promised hour will come, and I will restore paradise to you.
  2. (architecture) atrium

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Kashubian: paradiz

Further reading

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  • Paradies” in Duden online
  • Paradies” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache