Turnier

German

Etymology

From Late Middle High German turnier, alteration (after the verb turnieren) of older turnei, tornei, from Old French tornoi, itself deverbal from Old French tornoiier, tornier (“to turn, romp, fight in a tournament”), from torner (“to turn”), from Latin tornare (“to turn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʊrˈniːr/, [tʊʁˈni(ː)ɐ̯], [tʊɐ̯-]
• IPA^(key): /tuˈniːr/, /to-/ (colloquial dissimilation)

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Rhymes: -iːɐ̯

Noun

Turnier n (strong, genitive Turniers or Turnieres, plural Turniere)

1. tournament

   Der Sepp, der hütet Küh' und Stiere, die Brüder fochten die Turniere.

   Sepp guards cows and bulls, the brothers fought the tournaments.

Declension

Declension of Turnier [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Turnier	die	Turniere
genitive	eines	des	Turniers, Turnieres	der	Turniere
dative	einem	dem	Turnier, Turniere1	den	Turnieren
accusative	ein	das	Turnier	die	Turniere

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• Ritterturnier

Further reading

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