Tsunami

See also: tsunami and tsunâmi

German

Alternative forms

• Zunami

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 津波 (tsunami, “seismic sea wave”, literally “harbour wave”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡suˈnaːmi/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Tsunami m (strong, genitive Tsunamis, plural Tsunamis) or
Tsunami f (genitive Tsunami, plural Tsunamis or Tsunami)

1. tsunami (large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean)

Declension

Declension of Tsunami [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Tsunami	die	Tsunami, Tsunamis
genitive	eines	des	Tsunamis	der	Tsunami, Tsunamis
dative	einem	dem	Tsunami	den	Tsunami, Tsunamis
accusative	einen	den	Tsunami	die	Tsunami, Tsunamis

Declension of Tsunami [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Tsunami	die	Tsunamis, Tsunami
genitive	einer	der	Tsunami	der	Tsunamis, Tsunami
dative	einer	der	Tsunami	den	Tsunamis, Tsunami
accusative	eine	die	Tsunami	die	Tsunamis, Tsunami

Derived terms

• Tsunamifrühwarnsystem
• Tsunamikatastrophe
• Tsunamiwarnung

Further reading

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