Museum

See also: museum, muséum, and .museum

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mūsēum (“library, study”), from Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον (Mouseîon), shrine of the Muses (Μοῦσα (Moûsa)).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /muˈzeːʊm/
  • (Germany)
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  • (Austria)
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    IPA(key): /das‿muˈzeːʊm/

Noun

Museum n (strong, genitive Museums, plural Museen)

  1. museum (building or institution dedicated to the protection and exhibition of items with scientific, historical, cultural or artistic value)

Declension
Declension of Museum [neuter, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Museum die Museen
genitive eines des Museums der Museen
dative einem dem Museum den Museen
accusative ein das Museum die Museen

Further reading
  • “Museum” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Museum” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Museum” in Duden online
  • Museum on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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