Dreigestirn

German

Etymology

drei (“three”) +‎ Gestirn (“star, constellation”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdʁaɪ̯ɡəˌʃtɪʁn/
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Hyphenation: Drei‧ge‧stirn

Noun

Dreigestirn n (strong, genitive Dreigestirns, plural Dreigestirne)

(dated) constellation of three stars
(often humorous) group of three
group of three figures in the carnival customs of Cologne: Prinz (“prince”), Bauer (“peasant”) and Jungfrau (“virgin”)

Declension

Declension of Dreigestirn [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Dreigestirn	die	Dreigestirne
genitive	eines	des	Dreigestirns	der	Dreigestirne
dative	einem	dem	Dreigestirn	den	Dreigestirnen
accusative	ein	das	Dreigestirn	die	Dreigestirne

Related terms

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Further reading

Dreigestirn on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
“Dreigestirn” in Duden online
“Dreigestirn” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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