Dschungel
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German
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from English jungle, ultimately from Sanskrit जङ्गल (jaṅgala).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈ(d)ʒʊŋəl/, , , (standard)
- IPA(key): /ˈtʃʊŋəl/ (many speakers in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
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Noun
Dschungel m or (rare) n (strong or mixed, genitive Dschungels, plural Dschungel or (archaic) Dschungeln or Dschungels) or
Dschungel (now rare) f (genitive Dschungel, plural Dschungel or (archaic) Dschungeln or Dschungels)
- jungle
- 2004, Herbert Kranz, Im Dschungel abgestürzt, page 27:
- Sie kannten sich aus, wie man sich durch die Dschungel des brasilianischen Urwaldes schlug.
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- jumble, tangle, plethora (a large amount of options or concepts that is not very intuitive or easy to distinguish between)
- 2023 May 5, Matthias Niklowitz, “Langer Weg bis zur Förderung”, in Handelszeitung, archived from the original on 2023-05-17:
- Während in den USA die Förderung über das Steueramt gesteuert wird, müssen sich Investoren in Europa zuerst im Dschungel der Zuständigkeiten, Verantwortlichkeiten und Antragsformulare, inzwischen teilweise online, zurechtfinden.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Usage notes
- Dschungel is one of a small number of German nouns which can or historically could have all three genders; see the appendix.
- The masculine gender is by far the most common. The neuter gender and particularly the feminine gender are rare but also considered standard by most grammarians.
Declension
Declension of Dschungel
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der, das | Dschungel | die | Dschungel, Dschungeln1, Dschungels1 |
| genitive | eines | des | Dschungels | der | Dschungel, Dschungeln1, Dschungels1 |
| dative | einem | dem | Dschungel | den | Dschungeln, Dschungels1 |
| accusative | einen, ein | den, das | Dschungel | die | Dschungel, Dschungeln1, Dschungels1 |
1Archaic.
Declension of Dschungel
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | eine | die | Dschungel | die | Dschungel, Dschungeln1, Dschungels1 |
| genitive | einer | der | Dschungel | der | Dschungel, Dschungeln1, Dschungels1 |
| dative | einer | der | Dschungel | den | Dschungeln, Dschungels1 |
| accusative | eine | die | Dschungel | die | Dschungel, Dschungeln1, Dschungels1 |
1Archaic.
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Hungarian: dzsungel