Temperament

See also: temperament and tempérament

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin temperāmentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛmpəʁaˈmɛnt/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Hyphenation: Tem‧pe‧ra‧ment

Noun

Temperament n (strong, genitive Temperamentes or Temperaments, plural Temperamente)

1. temperament

Declension

Declension of Temperament [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Temperament	die	Temperamente
genitive	eines	des	Temperamentes, Temperaments	der	Temperamente
dative	einem	dem	Temperament, Temperamente1	den	Temperamenten
accusative	ein	das	Temperament	die	Temperamente

¹Now rare, see notes.

Related terms

• temperamentvoll
• Temperamentsausbruch

Further reading

• “Temperament”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)
• “Temperament” in Duden online