Drache

See also: drache and draché

German

Alternative forms
  • Drach, Drack (for the appellative noun)
  • Trache, Trach, Track (for the appellative noun; Early New High German)

Etymology

From Middle High German trache, from Old High German trahho, from Proto-Germanic *drakô, from Latin draco. The modern initial d- is influenced by the original Latin, reinforced by dialectal German forms.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdʁaxə/, [ˈdʁäχə]
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: Dra‧che
  • Rhymes: -aχə

Noun

Drache m (genitive Drachen, plural Drachen)

  1. dragon

Declension
Declension of Drache
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Drache die Drachen
genitive eines des Drachen der Drachen
dative einem dem Drachen den Drachen
accusative einen den Drachen die Drachen

Hyponyms
  • Feuerdrache
  • Meerdrache
  • Seedrache

Derived terms

Descendants

Proper noun

Drache m (genitive Drachen)

  1. (astronomy) Draco

Hypernyms

Further reading

Pennsylvania German

Noun

Drache

  1. plural of Drach
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