Uroboros

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German

Alternative forms

Noun

Uroboros m (strong, genitive Uroboros, plural Uroboroi)

  1. (mythology) ouroboros (serpent or dragon that eats its own tail)
    • 2017 December 1, Ronald Berg, “Ausstellung zum Loop in Wolfsburg: In Trance versetzt”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz‎, →ISSN:
      Technische Apparate brauchen den Loop nicht mehr nur zu bedeuten (wie der Uroboros), sondern sie implementieren seine Eigenschaften.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of Uroboros
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Uroboros die Uroboroi
genitive eines des Uroboros der Uroboroi
dative einem dem Uroboros den Uroboroi
accusative einen den Uroboros die Uroboroi

Further reading

  • “Uroboros” in Duden online
  • “Uroboros” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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