Mineral
English
Proper noun
Mineral
Anagrams
German
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin minerāle (neuter of minerālis), from Medieval Latin minera.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌmɪnəˈʁaːl/ (Germany)
- IPA(key): /ˌmɪnɛˈʁaːl/, /ˌmɪnɐˈʁaːl/ (Austria, Southern Germany, Switzerland)
Audio: (file) (Austria)
- Rhymes: -aːl
- Hyphenation: Mi‧ne‧ral
Noun
Mineral n (strong, genitive Minerales or Minerals, plural Mineralien or Minerale)
Declension
Declension of Mineral [neuter, strong]
Derived terms
Noun
Mineral n (strong, genitive Minerales or Minerals, no plural)
- (Austria, Switzerland) clipping of Mineralwasser
- Ein Mineral, bitte! ― A mineral water, please!
Declension
Declension of Mineral [sg-only, neuter, strong]
Further reading
- “Mineral” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “Mineral” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Mineral” in Duden online
- “Mineral”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–
- “Mineral” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- Mineral on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Hunsrik
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /minəˈraːl/
Noun
Mineral n (plural Minerale)
Further reading
- Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Mineral”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch
Luxembourgish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /minəˈʀaːl/
Noun
Mineral n (plural Mineraler)