Veilchen

German

Etymology

Diminutive of obsolete Vei(e)l, from Middle High German vīel, vīol, from Old High German fīol, from Latin viola. Doublet of Viole and Viola.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaɪ̯lçən/, [ˈfaɪ̯l.çən], [-çɪn], [-çn̩]

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

• Homophones: Feilchen (general), Pfeilchen (northern)

Noun

Veilchen n (strong, genitive Veilchens, plural Veilchen)

1. (botany) violet

   Synonyms: (rare or specialist) Viole, Viola

2. (colloquial) black eye

   Synonym: blaues Auge

Declension

Declension of Veilchen [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Veilchen	die	Veilchen
genitive	eines	des	Veilchens	der	Veilchen
dative	einem	dem	Veilchen	den	Veilchen
accusative	ein	das	Veilchen	die	Veilchen

Derived terms

• Alpenveilchen
• veilchenblau

Further reading

• “Veilchen” in Duden online
• “Veilchen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Veilchen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)
• “Veilchen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.