Raumfähre
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German
Etymology
From Raum (“space”) + Fähre (“ferry”). Attested since at least 1962.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʁaʊ̯mˌfɛːʁə/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
- IPA(key): /-ˌfeːʁə/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: Raum‧fäh‧re
Noun
Raumfähre f (genitive Raumfähre, plural Raumfähren)
- (space science) space shuttle
- Synonym: Weltraumfähre
- 1962 August 17, Thomas von Randow, “Milliarden für den Mann im Mond”, in Die Zeit:
- Die Reise dreier Astronauten zu einer lunaren Umlaufbahn, von der aus zwei Besatzungsmitglieder in einer Raumfähre auf den Mond und nach vier Tagen wieder zurück zum Mutterschiff gebracht werden.
- The voyage of three astronauts to a lunar orbit, whence two crew members are brought to the moon aboard a shuttlecraft and then back to the mother ship four days later.
Declension
Declension of Raumfähre
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | eine | die | Raumfähre | die | Raumfähren |
| genitive | einer | der | Raumfähre | der | Raumfähren |
| dative | einer | der | Raumfähre | den | Raumfähren |
| accusative | eine | die | Raumfähre | die | Raumfähren |
Descendants
- Dutch: ruimteveer