Namenstag

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German

Etymology

From Name +‎ -ns- +‎ Tag.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnaːmənsˌtaːk/
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  • Hyphenation: Na‧mens‧tag

Noun

Namenstag m (strong, genitive Namenstages or Namenstags, plural Namenstage)

  1. name day (feast day of a saint)

Declension

Declension of Namenstag
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Namenstag die Namenstage
genitive eines des Namenstages, Namenstags der Namenstage
dative einem dem Namenstag, Namenstage1 den Namenstagen
accusative einen den Namenstag die Namenstage

1Now rare, see notes.

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