Passat

See also: passat and passât

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch passaat via Low German.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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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