Statue

See also: statue and statué

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin statua.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃtaːtuɐ̯/ (common)
• IPA^(key): /ˈʃtaːtu̯ə/, /ˈstaːtu̯ə/, [-tu.ə], [-tʋə] (prescriptive standard; chiefly learned)
• Hyphenation: Sta‧tue

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Statue f (genitive Statue, plural Statuen)

1. statue

   Synonym: Standbild

Declension

Declension of Statue [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Statue	die	Statuen
genitive	einer	der	Statue	der	Statuen
dative	einer	der	Statue	den	Statuen
accusative	eine	die	Statue	die	Statuen

Hyponyms

• Freiheitsstatue

Derived terms

• Drachenstatue

See also

• Statur (often confused)

Further reading

• “Statue” in Duden online
• “Statue”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)
• Statue on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de