Korpus

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German

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔʁpʊs/
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  • Hyphenation: Kor‧pus

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin corpus (“body”) with Germanized spelling but retention of the Latin gender and plural. Doublet of Körper and Korps.

Noun

Korpus n (strong, genitive Korpus, plural Korpora)

  1. (linguistics) corpus
    Synonym: Textkorpus
Declension
Declension of Korpus
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Korpus die Korpora
genitive eines des Korpus der Korpora
dative einem dem Korpus den Korpora
accusative ein das Korpus die Korpora
Derived terms

Etymology 2

As etymology 1, but possibly via or influenced by French corpus (“body”). The shift to masculine gender may be explained by French influence, as Latin neuter nouns regularly become masculine in French, or it may result from a reanalysis of the Latin i-declension as an o-declension, since in o-declension nouns, which are very common, the ending -us is regularly an indicator of masculine gender. Likewise the loss of the Latin plural could be explained either by an influence of the French word or simply by a lack of awareness of the original Latin.

Noun

Korpus m (strong, genitive Korpus, plural Korpusse)

  1. (design, furniture, architecture) base
  2. (religion) crucifix
  3. (music) body
    Synonyms: Klangkörper, Resonanzkörper
    • 2010, Nicole Weber, Lernstationen Musik, Persen Verlag, →ISBN, page 15:
      Der Korpus der Geige ist in der Mitte schmaler, damit der Bogen, wenn er über die Seiten streicht, nicht den Korpus berührt.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Declension of Korpus
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Korpus die Korpusse
genitive eines des Korpus der Korpusse
dative einem dem Korpus den Korpussen
accusative einen den Korpus die Korpusse

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