Erde

From Middle High German erde, from Old High German erda, from Proto-West Germanic *erþu, from Proto-Germanic *erþō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁érteh₂ (“earth”). Compare Dutch aarde, West Frisian ierde, English earth, Danish jord, Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌰 (airþa).

• IPA^(key): /ˈeːrdə/, [ˈʔeːɐ̯də], [ˈʔɛɐ̯də]

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• Rhymes: -eːɐ̯də

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1. (uncountable) soil

   Sie nahm eine Handvoll Erde. ― She took a handful of soil.

2. (uncountable) the ground

   Synonyms: Boden, Grund

   Er fiel auf die Erde. ― He fell on the ground.

3. (countable) a world; a space to live in

   Synonym: Welt

   Diese Erde wird vergehen, aber Gott wird eine neue Erde schaffen.

   This earth will fade, but God will create a new earth.

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• Dative singular can also be Erden in older texts and phrases as auf Erden.

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1. the planet Earth

• auf Erden
• Erdabkühlung
• Erderwärmung
• Mutter Erde

• (planets of the Solar System) Planeten Sonnensystems; Merkur, Venus, Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptun, Pluto (traditionally; by the IAU founded in 1919 only till 2006)

• “Erde” in Duden online
• “Erde” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Erde” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.