Elen – German noun declension

Noun: Elen
Gender: Neuter
Hyphenation:

Nominative

Genitive

Dative

Accusative

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like Elen

Totenkopfäffchen, Türhaken, Menschenhaufen, Drachen, Vaterschaftsgutachten, Willkommen, Biskuitkuchen, Hintergaumen, Vernehmlassungsverfahren, Integralzeichen, Bierfäßchen, Böötchen, Flughörnchen, Granitfelsen, Kreuzzeichen, Luftfahrzeugkennzeichen, Sensibelchen, Pluszeichen, Musikantenknochen, Verkürzungszeichen, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

From Middle High German eln, elent (mid-13th c.), of uncertain origin. Often derived from Old Lithuanian elenis (“deer”, modern élnias), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁el-. This derivation is supported by the fact that the el(e)n form appears during a time when the elk was gradually dying out in the German-speaking lands. However, it must be noted that the Lithuanian word does not refer to the elk specifically. Even more importantly, elen (from elhen by regular loss of prevocalic h in Central and Low German dialects) can represent a generalised oblique case or plural of Proto-Germanic *elhô, weak-stem variant of *elhaz. Compare the Old High German hapax elo for usual el(a)ho. This would make it a mere byform of Elch.

Verbs referencing "Elen"

English Nouns elk, English Nouns eland.

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