Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mixed declension

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.31 in modern English

Syllables
mixed de-clen-sion
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The declension pattern for masculine and neuter nouns that have -en in the plural but -s, -es, or -ens in the genitive singular.

noun

A subtype of the third declension with -ium in the genitive plural.

Inflected Forms

Questions

What does mixed declension mean?
The declension pattern for attributive adjectives that follow the indefinite article ein, the negative article kein, and possessive determiners such as mein and dein.

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