Packen

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German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpakən/, ,
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  • Hyphenation 1901: Pak‧ken
  • Hyphenation 1996: Pa‧cken

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle Low German packe, from Proto-Germanic *pakkô.

Noun

Packen m (strong, genitive Packens, plural Packen)

  1. pack, bunch, bundle, stack
    • 1930–1943, Robert Musil, “Heilige Gespräche. Wechselvoller Fortgang”, in Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften [The Man Without Qualities], book 2, Hamburg: Rowohlt Verlag, published 1957:
      Agathe hatte sich indessen vor den Ofen gekniet; sie hatte den Packen von Bildern und Schriften neben sich auf der Erde, sah jedes einzelne Stück noch einmal an und schob es dann ins Feuer.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Declension of Packen
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Packen die Packen
genitive eines des Packens der Packen
dative einem dem Packen den Packen
accusative einen den Packen die Packen

Etymology 2

Noun

Packen n (strong, genitive Packens, no plural)

  1. gerund of packen
Declension
Declension of Packen
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative ein das Packen
genitive eines des Packens
dative einem dem Packen
accusative ein das Packen

Further reading

  • “Packen” in Duden online
  • “Packen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Packen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
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