Altertum
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German
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Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
Altertum n (strong, genitive Altertumes or Altertums, plural Altertümer)
- antiquity
- 1930, Paul Joachimsen, “Der Humanismus und die Entwicklung des deutschen Geistes”, in Deutsche Vierteljahrsschrift für Literaturwissenschaft und Geistesgeschichte, 8, page 419:
- Humanismus soll eine geistige Bewegung sein, die in einem Drang nach Wiederbelebung des klassischen Altertums wurzelt.
- Humanism shall be a spiritual movement that is rooted in an urge for the revival of the classical antiquity.
Declension
Declension of Altertum
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | das | Altertum | die | Altertümer |
| genitive | eines | des | Altertumes, Altertums | der | Altertümer |
| dative | einem | dem | Altertum, Altertume1 | den | Altertümern |
| accusative | ein | das | Altertum | die | Altertümer |
1Now rare, see notes.
