Schweif

German

Etymology

From Middle High German sweif, from Old High German sweif.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ʃvaɪ̯f]

Noun

Schweif m (genitive Schweifes or Schweifs, plural Schweife)

tail (of animal, comet)

Declension

Declension of Schweif

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Schweif	die	Schweife
genitive	eines	des	Schweifes, Schweifs	der	Schweife
dative	einem	dem	Schweif, Schweife¹	den	Schweifen
accusative	einen	den	Schweif	die	Schweife

¹Now uncommon, see notes

Synonyms

Schwanz

Further reading

Schweif in Duden online

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