Form

See also: form, -form, and form.

German

Etymology

From Middle High German form, from Latin forma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔʁm/

• Audio (Austria):

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• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Form f (genitive Form, plural Formen)

1. shape
2. form (order of doing things)
   • 1931, Arthur Schnitzler, Flucht in die Finsternis, S. Fischer Verlag, page 51:

     Und da er keinen Grund hatte, ihr seinen Namen zu verhehlen, so stellte er sich in aller Form vor.

     And because he had no reason to conceal his name from her, he introduced himself in all due form.

Declension

Declension of Form [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Form	die	Formen
genitive	einer	der	Form	der	Formen
dative	einer	der	Form	den	Formen
accusative	eine	die	Form	die	Formen

Hypernyms

• Backform
• Beugungsform
• Brotform
• Dachform
• Kegelform
• Kuchenform
• Leideform
• Maierform
• Pyramidenform
• Regierungsform
• Sonderform
• Sprachform
• Tätigkeitsform
• Würfelform

Derived terms

• formal
• formlos
• förmlich
• Förmchen

Related terms

• Formblatt
• formell
• formen
• Formgröße
• formieren
• Formsache

Further reading

• “Form” in Duden online
• “Form”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)
• “Form” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Form” in OpenThesaurus.de
• Form on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Form”, in Cambridge German–English Dictionary‎^[2]
• “Form” in Collins German–English Dictionary

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German form, from Latin forma.

Noun

Form f (plural Formen)

1. form, shape, line

Further reading

• Form in the Lëtzebuerger Online Dictionnaire

Plautdietsch

Noun

Form m (plural Forms)

1. form, mold