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German
Etymology
From Middle High German mane, from Old High German mana, from Proto-Germanic *manō (“mane”), from Proto-Indo-European *mon- (“neck”). In Middle High German there existed a secondary variant man m, whence the plural mene. The modern form Mähne is from this plural (or from its merger with the original form mane). Cognate with English mane, which see.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɛːnə/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
- IPA(key): /ˈmeːnə/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
- Hyphenation: Mäh‧ne
- Rhymes: -ɛːnə
Noun
Mähne f (genitive Mähne, plural Mähnen)
- mane
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Further reading
- “Mähne” in Duden online
- “Mähne” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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