Splint

German

ein Splint

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German splinte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃplɪnt]

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Hyphenation: Splint

Noun

Splint m (strong, genitive Splintes or Splints, plural Splinte)

1. split pin

   Synonym: (Austria) Splente

Declension

Declension of Splint [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Splint	die	Splinte
genitive	eines	des	Splintes, Splints	der	Splinte
dative	einem	dem	Splint, Splinte1	den	Splinten
accusative	einen	den	Splint	die	Splinte

¹Now rare, see notes.

Hypernyms

• Sicherungsstift

Hyponyms

• Ankersplint
• Federsplint
• Klappsplint
• Standardsplint

Related terms

• Splintkopf
• Splintloch

Further reading

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