declension
A falling off, decay or descentA falling off, decay or descent.
Recorded UK: Speaker: Vealhurl Recorder: Vealhurl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
» That's the wrong declension.
Das ist die falsche Deklination. — atitarev
Это неправильное склонение. — atitarev
Це неправильна відміна. — deniko
mailohilohi · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)A falling off, decay or descent.
(countable, uncountable)The act of declining a word; the act of listing the inflections of a noun, pronoun or adjective in order.
(countable, uncountable)The product of that act; a list of declined forms.
a page full of declensions
Deklination
склоне́ниеsklonénije
відмі́наvidmína
(countable, uncountable)A way of categorizing nouns, pronouns, or adjectives according to the inflections they receive.
In Latin, 'amicus' belongs to the second declension. Most second-declension nouns end in '-i' in the genitive singular and '-um' in the accusative singular.
Deklination
склоне́ниеsklonénije
відмі́наvidmína
the inflection of nouns and pronouns and adjectives in Indo-European languages
Examples
12 sentencesThat's the wrong declension.
Це неправильна відміна. — deniko
ruЭто неправильное склонение. — atitarev
deDas ist die falsche Deklination. — atitarev
That is the wrong declension.
Це неправильна відміна. — deniko
Swedish nouns are generally divided into five declensions.
ruСуществительные в шведском обычно делятся на пять склонений. — Wezel
Maltese has a complex system of conjugation and declension.
Some attention should be paid to word order, gender and declension.
ruСледует обратить немного внимания на порядок слов, их род и склонение. — sharptoothed
Translations
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Origin
From late Middle English declinson, from Middle French declinaison (Modern French: déclinaFrom late Middle English declinson, from Middle French declinaison (Modern French: déclinaison), from Latin dēclīnātiō. Doublet of declination.
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Forms
plural: declensions| Singular | declension |
|---|---|
| Plural | declensions |
regular
Synonyms
9 synonyms- process of changing to an inferior state:deteriorationdecline in qualityworsening
- a downward slope or bend:descentdeclivityfalldeclinedeclinationdownslope
Word family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.