Sediment

See also: sediment and sédiment

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sedimentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zediˈmɛnt/ (Germany)

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• IPA^(key): /sediˈmɛnt/ (Austria, Southern Germany, Switzerland)
• Hyphenation: Se‧di‧ment

Noun

Sediment n (strong, genitive Sedimentes or Sediments, plural Sedimente)

1. sediment

Declension

Declension of Sediment [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Sediment	die	Sedimente
genitive	eines	des	Sedimentes, Sediments	der	Sedimente
dative	einem	dem	Sediment, Sedimente1	den	Sedimenten
accusative	ein	das	Sediment	die	Sedimente

¹Now rare, see notes.

Related terms

• sedimentieren

Further reading

• “Sediment” in Duden online