Pyramide

See also: pyramide

Dutch

Etymology

Attested as Piramide in 1838-1857. Derived from piramide (“pyramid”). Possibly named after a house with a pyramid-shaped roof.

See also Zealandic Pieremie.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌpi.raːˈmi.də/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Py‧ra‧mi‧de
  • Rhymes: -idə
  • Homophone: piramide

Proper noun

Pyramide n

  1. a hamlet in Sluis, Zeeland, Netherlands

References

  • van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “Pyramide”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

German

Etymology

15th century, as Pyramis, from Latin pyramis, from Ancient Greek πυραμίς (puramís). The modern form since ca. 1600 from the Graeco-Latin inflected stem (genitive pyramidis, πυραμίδος), possibly after Middle French pyramide.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pyraˈmiːdə/, [py.ʁaˈmiː.də], [ˌpʏ-], [ˌpyː-]
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)
  • Audio (Austria):(file)
  • Rhymes: -iːdə

Noun

Pyramide f (genitive Pyramide, plural Pyramiden)

  1. pyramid

Declension

Declension of Pyramide [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Pyramide die Pyramiden
genitive einer der Pyramide der Pyramiden
dative einer der Pyramide den Pyramiden
accusative eine die Pyramide die Pyramiden

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Czech: pyramida

See also

Further reading