Draht

German

Etymology

From Old High German drāt, from Proto-Germanic *þrēduz, from Proto-Indo-European *treh₁-tu-, from *terh₁- (“rub, twist”). Compare Old Saxon thrād, Dutch draad, English thread, Norwegian, Danish and Swedish tråd, Icelandic þráður.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dʁaːt/
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Hyphenation: Draht
Rhymes: -aːt

Noun

Draht m (genitive Drahts or Drahtes, plural Drähte, diminutive Drähtchen n)

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Declension

Declension of Draht

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Draht	die	Drähte
genitive	eines	des	Drahtes, Drahts	der	Drähte
dative	einem	dem	Draht, Drahte¹	den	Drähten
accusative	einen	den	Draht	die	Drähte

¹Now uncommon, see notes

Derived terms

Further reading

Draht in Duden online

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