Planet

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See also: planet, planèt, and plånet

German

Die Erde ist einer von acht Planeten, welche die Sonne umkreisen.

Etymology

    From Middle High German plānēte, a loanword from Latin planeta, planetes, from Ancient Greek πλανήτης (planḗtēs), a variant of πλάνης (plánēs, wanderer). The German term Wandelstern is a calque of the former.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /plaˈneːt/
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    • Hyphenation: Pla‧net

    Noun

    Planet m (weak, genitive Planeten, plural Planeten)

    1. (astronomy) planet
      Synonyms: Wandelstern m; (obsolete) Irrstern m
      Mein Vater erklärt mir jeden Sonntag unsere neun Planeten.
      My father explains our nine planets to me every Sunday. (A mnemonic to remember the order of Merkur, Venus, Erde, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptun, Pluto)

    Declension

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    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Hunsrik: Planet

    See also

    Further reading

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

    Hunsrik

    Etymology

      Borrowed from German Planet, from Middle High German plānēte, borrowed from Latin planēta, borrowed from Ancient Greek πλανήτης (planḗtēs), from πλανάω (planáō) + -της (-tēs).[1]

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /plaˈneːt/
      • Rhymes: -eːt
      • Syllabification: Pla‧net

      Noun

      Planet m (plural Planete)

      1. planet
        Die Ëxistenz fun Leve in annere Planete is meghlich.
        The existence of life in other planets is possible.

      References

      1. ^ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Planet”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 124, column 2