Passat

See also: passat and passât

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch passaat via Low German.

Noun

Passat m (strong, genitive Passates or Passats, plural Passate)

  1. trade wind
    Synonym: Passatwind

Declension
Declension of Passat [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Passat die Passate
genitive eines des Passates, Passats der Passate
dative einem dem Passat, Passate1 den Passaten
accusative einen den Passat die Passate

1Now rare, see notes.

Further reading
  • “Passat” in Duden online
  • “Passat” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.