Mähne

See also: mahne

German

Etymology

From Middle High German mane, from Old High German mana, from Proto-West Germanic *manu, from Proto-Germanic *manō (“mane”), from Proto-Indo-European *mon- (“neck”).

In Middle High German there existed a secondary variant man m, whence the plural mene. The modern form Mähne is from this plural (or from its merger with the original form mane). Cognate with English mane, which see.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛːnə/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
  • IPA(key): /ˈmeːnə/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Mäh‧ne
  • Rhymes: -ɛːnə

Noun

Mähne f (genitive Mähne, plural Mähnen)

  1. mane

Declension

Declension of Mähne [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Mähne die Mähnen
genitive einer der Mähne der Mähnen
dative einer der Mähne den Mähnen
accusative eine die Mähne die Mähnen

Hyponyms

Further reading

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

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