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Paradies

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle High German paradīs(e), from Old High German paradīs, from Proto-West Germanic *paradīs (“Paradise, Eden”), borrowed from Latin paradīsum. The modern form with -ie- perhaps partly from non-diphthongising dialects, but chiefly after the Latin.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /paʁaˈdiːs/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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Paradies n (strong, genitive Paradieses, plural Paradiese)

  1. paradise
    • 1919, Aleksey Remizov, translated by Arthur Luther, Legenden und Geschichten‎[1] (fiction), Leipzig: Kurt Wolff, →ISBN:
      Die Stunde der Verheißung wird kommen, und ich werde euch das Paradies wiedergeben.
      The promised hour will come, and I will restore paradise to you.
  2. (architecture) atrium

Declension

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Declension of Paradies [neuter, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Paradies die Paradiese
genitive eines des Paradieses der Paradiese
dative einem dem Paradies, Paradiese1 den Paradiesen
accusative ein das Paradies die Paradiese

1Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • → Kashubian: paradiz

Further reading

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