Nachen
German
Etymology
From Middle High German nache (“small boat”), from Old High German nahho, from Proto-Germanic *nakwô. Cognates include Dutch aak (“barque”), Old English naca and Old Norse nǫkkvi
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnaxən/, [ˈnaχn̩]
(file) - Rhymes: -axən
Noun
Nachen m (strong, genitive Nachens, plural Nachen)
- (archaic, poetic, dialectal) small boat used on inland waters
- Synonym: Kahn
- 1850, Richard Wagner, Lohengrin, act I:
- Seht! Seht! Welch ein seltsam Wunder! Wie? Ein Schwan? / Ein Schwan zieht einen Nachen dort heran!
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Declension
Further reading
- “Nachen” in Duden online
- “Nachen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
Nachen on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- Gustav Goedel (1902) “Nachen”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Seemannssprache (in German), Kiel und Leipzig: Lipsius & Tischer, page 339
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