Möbel

See also: möbel and møbel

German

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *moweō
Latin moveō
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin mobilis
Middle French meublebor.
German Möbel

    15th century, from Middle French meuble(s) (“household goods”), from Latin mobilis. At first restricted to the Moselle region, more widely attested since ca. 1600.

    Doublet of mobil. Cognate with Hunsrik Mevel.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈmøːbəl/, [ˈmøː.bl̩]
    • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

    Noun

    Möbel n (strong, genitive Möbels, plural Möbel, diminutive Möbelchen n)

    1. (in the singular, fairly rare) piece of furniture
      Synonym: Möbelstück
    2. (in the plural) furniture
      Synonym: Mobiliar

    Declension

    Declension of Möbel [neuter, strong]
    singular plural
    indef. def. noun def. noun
    nominative ein das Möbel die Möbel
    genitive eines des Möbels der Möbel
    dative einem dem Möbel den Möbeln
    accusative ein das Möbel die Möbel

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • → Estonian: mööbel
    • → Kashubian: mébel
    • → Latvian: mēbele
    • → Polish: mebel
    • → Russian: ме́бель (mébelʹ)

    Further reading

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