See also: erde
German
Etymology
From Middle High German erde, from Old High German erda, from Proto-West Germanic *erþu, from Proto-Germanic *erþō. Compare Dutch aarde, West Frisian ierde, English earth, Danish jord, Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌰 (airþa).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈeːɐ̯də/, [ˈʔeːɐ̯də] (standard)
- IPA(key): /ˈɛʁdə/, [ˈʔɛʁdə], [ˈʔɛɐ̯də] (by a common merger)
- Rhymes: -eːɐ̯də
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Noun
Erde f (genitive Erde, plural Erden)
- (uncountable) soil
- Sie nahm eine Handvoll Erde. ― She took a handful of soil.
- (uncountable) the ground
- Er fiel auf die Erde. ― He fell on the ground.
- (countable) a world; a space to live in
- Diese Erde wird vergehen, aber Gott wird eine neue Erde schaffen.
- This earth will fade, but God will create a new earth.
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Proper noun
Erde f (genitive Erde)
- the planet Earth
Derived terms
See also
- (planets of the Solar System) Planeten des Sonnensystems; Merkur, Venus, Erde, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptun, Pluto (traditionally; by the IAU founded in 1919 only till 2006)
Further reading
- “Erde” in Duden online
- “Erde” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Erde” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
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