Birke – German noun declension

German noun forms of Birke

Noun: Birke
Gender: Feminine
Hyphenation:

Nominative

Indefinite

Singulareine Birke
Plural Birken

Definite

Singulardie Birke
Pluraldie Birken

Genitive

Indefinite

Singulareiner Birke
Plural Birken

Definite

Singularder Birke
Pluralder Birken

Dative

Indefinite

Singulareiner Birke
Plural Birken

Definite

Singularder Birke
Pluralden Birken

Accusative

Indefinite

Singulareine Birke
Plural Birken

Definite

Singulardie Birke
Pluraldie Birken

Sample Sentences

Etymology

1. From Middle High German birke, from Old High German birka, bircha, from Proto-West Germanic *birkijā.
2. The Old High German variant birihha shows a svarabhakti vowel; if continued it would have led to modern *Birche (compare Kirche). Cognate to Dutch berk, Low German Bark, English birch, Swedish björk. See: Dutch Nouns 'berk', English Nouns 'birch', Swedish Nouns 'björk'.

Verbs referencing "Birke"

English Nouns birch, Faroese Nouns bjørk, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns bjørk, Latvian Nouns bērzs.

Translations