Äthiopien
See also: Æthiopien
German
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek Αἰθιοπία (Aithiopía), from Αἰθίοψ (Aithíops, “an Ethiopian”), traditionally said to mean "one with a charred complexion", from αἴθω (aíthō, “I burn”) + ὤψ (ṓps, “eye, face, complexion”), but this is formally difficult and seems like a folk etymology.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editÄthiopien n (proper noun, genitive Äthiopiens or (optionally with an article) Äthiopien)
- Ethiopia (a country in East Africa)
Declension
editDeclension of Äthiopien [sg-only, neuter, strong]
Derived terms
editSee also
edit- (countries of Africa) Staaten Afrikas; Ägypten, Algerien, Angola, Äquatorialguinea, Äthiopien, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Dschibuti, Elfenbeinküste, Eritrea, Eswatini, Gabun, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kamerun, Kap Verde, Kenia, Komoren, Demokratische Republik Kongo, Republik Kongo, Lesotho, Liberia, Libyen, Madagaskar, Malawi, Mali, Marokko, Mauretanien, Mauritius, Mosambik, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Ruanda, Sambia, São Tomé und Príncipe, Senegal, Seychellen, Sierra Leone, Simbabwe, Somalia, Südafrika, Sudan, Südsudan, Tansania, Togo, Tschad, Tunesien, Uganda, Zentralafrikanische Republik (Category: de:Countries in Africa)