Fähre

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See also: fahre

German

Etymology

From Middle High German vere, from Old High German *fera, from Proto-Germanic *farjǭ (“ferry”), derived from *farjaną (“to bring, carry”), the causative form of *faraną (“to travel”), whence German fahren. Akin to Dutch veer, English ferry, Danish færge and Swedish färja.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfɛːrə/, , ,
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Hyphenation: Fäh‧re
Homophone: faire

Noun

Fähre f (genitive Fähre, plural Fähren)

ferry

Declension

Declension of Fähre

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Fähre	die	Fähren
genitive	einer	der	Fähre	der	Fähren
dative	einer	der	Fähre	den	Fähren
accusative	eine	die	Fähre	die	Fähren

Derived terms

Further reading

“Fähre” in Duden online
“Fähre” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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