Noun: Gift
Gender: Neuter
Hyphenation:
Nominative
Indefinite
| Singular | ein Gift |
| Plural | Gifte |
Definite
| Singular | das Gift |
| Plural | die Gifte |
Genitive
Indefinite
| Singular | eines Giftes; Gifts |
| Plural | Gifte |
Definite
| Singular | des Giftes; Gifts |
| Plural | der Gifte |
Dative
Indefinite
| Singular | einem Gift; Gifte |
| Plural | Giften |
Definite
| Singular | dem Gift; Gifte |
| Plural | den Giften |
Accusative
Indefinite
| Singular | ein Gift |
| Plural | Gifte |
Definite
| Singular | das Gift |
| Plural | die Gifte |
Sample Sentences
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Der Mann ist Toxikologe, ein Experte für Gift. Er arbeitet für ein Pharma-Unternehmen. (The man is a toxicologist, an expert on poison. He works for a pharmaceutical business.) [2010, Der Spiegel, number 31/2010, page 49:]
Nouns inflected like Gift
Kopiergerät,
Betriebswirt,
Einzelbetrieb,
Acker-Schachtelhalm,
Schmuckstein,
Schmuckstück,
Mundstück,
Antiquariat,
Türgriff,
Walross-Elfenbein,
Baustoff,
Baustein,
Dezernat,
Kohlenwasserstoff,
Gussteil,
Drehort,
Dreieck,
Gitarrenspiel,
Folgejahr,
Schigebiet, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. From Middle High German gift f (“gift, present”), Old High German gift f (“gift”), from Proto-West Germanic *gifti, from Proto-Germanic *giftiz, which is a derivation of *gebaną (“to give”). Cognate with English gift.
2. The word has been used as a euphemism for "poison" since Old High German, a semantic loan from Late Latin dosis (“dose”), from Ancient Greek δόσις (dósis, “gift; dose of medicine”). The original meaning "gift" has disappeared in contemporary Standard German, but remains in some compounds (see Mitgift). Compare also Dutch gift (“gift”) alongside gif (“poison”). See: English Nouns '
gift', Dutch Nouns '
gift'.
Verbs referencing "Gift"
English Nouns
gift, Danish Nouns
gift, Dutch Nouns
gift, Faroese Nouns
gift, Old English Nouns
gift, Swedish Nouns
gift, Latvian Nouns
inde, Latvian Nouns
ģifts.
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