Thymian

German

Etymology

From Middle High German thimiān, alteration of thymiāme, from Latin thymiama, from Ancient Greek θυμίαμα (thumíama, “incense”). The sense through association with thymum, θύμον (thúmon, “thyme”), probably already in Latin (if not Greek itself), as thyme was a commonly used incense. Whether the two words are originally related is uncertain.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtyːmi̯a(ː)n/, [ˈtyː.mi.aːn], [ˈtyː.mjaːn], [-an]

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Noun

Thymian m (strong, genitive Thymians, plural (rare) Thymiane)

1. thyme

Declension

Declension of Thymian [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Thymian	die	Thymiane
genitive	eines	des	Thymians	der	Thymiane
dative	einem	dem	Thymian	den	Thymianen
accusative	einen	den	Thymian	die	Thymiane

Descendants

• → Danish: timian
  • → Faroese: timian
  • → Icelandic: timjan
  • → Norwegian: timian
• → Swedish: timjan
  • → Finnish: timjami

Further reading

• “Thymian” in Duden online
• “Thymian” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache