Smaragd

See also: smaragd

German

Etymology

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Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smáragdos)bor.

Latin smaragdusder.

Middle High German smaract

German Smaragd

From Middle High German smaract, from Latin smaragdus, from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smáragdos), μάραγδος (máragdos), from a Semitic language. Also written schmaragd in Early Modern German, and still widely so pronounced until the diffusion of the Siebs standard.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /smaˈʁakt/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Rhymes: -akt

Noun

Smaragd m (strong, genitive Smaragdes or Smaragds, plural Smaragde)

1. emerald

Declension

Declension of Smaragd [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Smaragd	die	Smaragde
genitive	eines	des	Smaragdes, Smaragds	der	Smaragde
dative	einem	dem	Smaragd, Smaragde1	den	Smaragden
accusative	einen	den	Smaragd	die	Smaragde

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• smaragden, Smaragdeidechse, smaragdgrün, Smaragdit, Smaragdring, Smaragdthuje

Further reading

• “Smaragd” in Duden online
• “Smaragd”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)
• Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Smaragd”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891