Windrose
German
Etymology
From Wind (“wind”) + Rose (“rose”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvɪntˌʁoːzə/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: Wind‧ro‧se
Noun
Windrose f (genitive Windrose, plural Windrosen)
- (meteorology) wind rose, compass rose
- Synonym: Kompassrose
Declension
Declension of Windrose [feminine]
Related terms
- Windfahne, Windhose, Windrichtung
- Rosengarten, Pfingstrose, Seerose, Wundrose
Further reading
- “Windrose” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Windrose” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “Windrose”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–
- Windrose on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de