Katalog

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See also: katalog and katalög

German

ein Zettelkatalog – a card catalogue

Etymology

From Late Latin catalogus, from Ancient Greek κατάλογος (katálogos, an enrollment, a register), from καταλέγω (katalégō, to recount, to tell at length), from κατά (katá, downwards, towards) + λέγω (légō, to gather, to pick up, to choose for oneself, to pick out, to count).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kataˈloːk/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /kataˈloːx/ (northern and central Germany; becoming rare for this particular word)
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  • Hyphenation: Ka‧ta‧log

Noun

Katalog m (strong, genitive Kataloges or Katalogs, plural Kataloge)

  1. catalogue (systematic list of names, books, pictures, etc.; complete list of items; university calendar)

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Further reading

  • Katalog” in Duden online
  • Katalog” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache