Vampir

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See also: vampir and vámpír

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian vampir.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vamˈpiːɐ̯/
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Noun

Vampir m (strong, genitive Vampires or Vampirs, plural Vampire, feminine Vampirin)

  1. vampire

Declension

Declension of Vampir
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Vampir die Vampire
genitive eines des Vampires, Vampirs der Vampire
dative einem dem Vampir, Vampire1 den Vampiren
accusative einen den Vampir die Vampire

1Now rare, see notes.

Descendants

  • → Danish: vampyr (see there for further descendants)
  • → Dutch: vampier (see there for further descendants)
  • → Estonian: vampiir
  • → French: vampire (see there for further descendants)
  • → Hungarian: vámpír
  • → Latvian: vampīrs
  • → Lithuanian: vampyras
  • → Luxembourgish: Vampir
  • → Norwegian: vampyr
  • → Swedish: vampyr
  • → West Frisian: fampier
  • → Yiddish: וואַמפּיר (vampir)

Further reading

  • “Vampir” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Vampir” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Vampir” in Duden online
  • Vampir on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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