Archipel

See also: archipel

Dutch

Etymology

Derived from archipel (“archipelago”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑr.xiˈpɛl/
• Hyphenation: Ar‧chi‧pel
• Rhymes: -ɛl
• Homophone: archipel

Proper noun

Archipel n

1. a neighbourhood of Lelystad, Flevoland, Netherlands

German

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ergʰ-der.?

Ancient Greek ἄρχω (árkhō)

Ancient Greek ἀρχι- (arkhi-)

Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂-?

Proto-Indo-European *pel-?

Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-der.?

Pre-Greekder.?

Ancient Greek πέλαγος (pélagos)

Medieval Greek Ἀρχιπέλαγος (Arkhipélagos)bor.

Italian arcipelagobor.

French archipelbor.

German Archipel

Borrowed from French archipel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌaʁçiˈpeːl/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Archipel m (strong, genitive Archipels, plural Archipel)

1. archipelago

Declension

Declension of Archipel [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Archipel	die	Archipel
genitive	eines	des	Archipels	der	Archipel
dative	einem	dem	Archipel	den	Archipeln
accusative	einen	den	Archipel	die	Archipel

Further reading

• “Archipel” in Duden online
• “Archipel”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)