Narrenschiff

German

Etymology

From Narr (“fool”) +‎ -en- +‎ Schiff (“ship”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈnaʁənˌʃɪf]
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)
  • Hyphenation: Nar‧ren‧schiff

Noun

Narrenschiff n (strong, genitive Narrenschiffes or Narrenschiffs, plural Narrenschiffe)

  1. (literature) ship of fools

Declension

Declension of Narrenschiff [neuter, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Narrenschiff die Narrenschiffe
genitive eines des Narrenschiffes, Narrenschiffs der Narrenschiffe
dative einem dem Narrenschiff, Narrenschiffe1 den Narrenschiffen
accusative ein das Narrenschiff die Narrenschiffe

1Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.