Windrose

See also: windrose and wind rose

German

Etymology

From Wind (“wind”) +‎ Rose (“rose”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪntˌʁoːzə/

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• Hyphenation: Wind‧ro‧se

Noun

Windrose f (genitive Windrose, plural Windrosen)

1. (navigation) compass rose

   Synonym: Kompassrose

2. (meteorology) wind rose

Declension

Declension of Windrose [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Windrose	die	Windrosen
genitive	einer	der	Windrose	der	Windrosen
dative	einer	der	Windrose	den	Windrosen
accusative	eine	die	Windrose	die	Windrosen

Related terms

• Windfahne, Windhose, Windrichtung
• Rosengarten, Pfingstrose, Seerose, Wundrose

Further reading

• “Windrose” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Windrose” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• “Windrose”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–
• Windrose on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• Windrose (Meteorologie) on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de