Noun: Than
Gender: Masculine
Hyphenation:
Nominative
Indefinite
| Singular | ein Than |
| Plural | Thans |
Definite
| Singular | der Than |
| Plural | die Thans |
Genitive
Indefinite
| Singular | eines Thans |
| Plural | Thans |
Definite
| Singular | des Thans |
| Plural | der Thans |
Dative
Indefinite
| Singular | einem Than |
| Plural | Thans |
Definite
| Singular | dem Than |
| Plural | den Thans |
Accusative
Indefinite
| Singular | einen Than |
| Plural | Thans |
Definite
| Singular | den Than |
| Plural | die Thans |
Sample Sentences
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Söhne, Vettern, Thans, und ihr, deren Pläze mir die nächsten sind, wisset, daß wir unsern ältesten Sohn Malcolm zu unserm Thronfolger bestimmt haben, und ihn von nun an zum Prinzen von Cumberland ernennen: […] (Sons, kinsmen, thanes, / And you whose places are the nearest, know / We will establish our estate upon / Our eldest, Malcolm, whom we name hereafter / The Prince of Cumberland: […]) [a. 1766, Christoph Martin Wieland, transl., Macbeth, translation of Macbeth by William Shakespeare, [Act I, scene vi]:]
Nouns inflected like Than
Großraumbüro,
Mocktail,
Goldmedaillon,
Blümchenkaffee,
Séparée,
Energietransfer,
Zwetschgendatschi,
Eineurojob,
Emailmedaillon,
Bräunungsspray,
Baschlik,
Bodyguard,
Boonekamp,
Baseball,
Katzencafé,
Akkordeon,
Leitungscode,
Stresstest,
Passepartout,
Wunderwuzi, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed from English thane. Related to archaic German Degen (“hero”). See: English Nouns '
thane', German Nouns '
Degen'.
Translations