diamant – Dutch noun declension

Noun: diamant
Gender: Neuter, Masculine Hyphenation:

uncountable

Sg.	diamant
Pl.	diamanten

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like diamant

motiveering, Duitse herdershond, urilift, vervolmaking, elektrische spanning, ovenfriet, winteravond, weervrouw, besteding, bloemenveiling, vertakking, tintinofiel, synaps, olieraffinaderij, vliegtuigkaping, sawaslang, verzetting, afrondfout, druivenoogst, wintermaand, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

1. From Middle Dutch diamant, from Old French diamant, from Medieval Latin and Late Latin diamas, variant of Latin adamas.
2. The typographic use derives from Dirck Voskens, who first cut it around 1700 and presumably named it by analogy with the larger parel. See: Latin Nouns 'adamas'.

Verbs referencing "diamant"

English Nouns diamond.

Translations