Hungerwinter

German

Etymology

From Hunger (“hunger”) +‎ Winter (“winter”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhʊŋɐˌvɪntɐ/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Hyphenation: Hun‧ger‧win‧ter

Noun

Hungerwinter m (strong, genitive Hungerwinters, plural Hungerwinter)

1. winter of starvation

Declension

Declension of Hungerwinter [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Hungerwinter	die	Hungerwinter
genitive	eines	des	Hungerwinters	der	Hungerwinter
dative	einem	dem	Hungerwinter	den	Hungerwintern
accusative	einen	den	Hungerwinter	die	Hungerwinter

Related terms

• Hungertuch, Hungersnot, Bärenhunger
• Frostwinter, Mittwinter, Winteranfang, Winterende

Further reading

• “Hungerwinter” in Duden online
• “Hungerwinter” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache