Himmelskörper

German

Picture dictionary

Himmelskörper

Planet

Planet

Stern

Stern

Mond

Mond

Asteroid

Asteroid

Komet

Komet

Nebel

Nebel

Galaxie

Galaxie

Schwarzes Loch

Schwarzes Loch

Etymology

Compound of Himmel (“sky, heaven”) +‎ -s- +‎ Körper (“body”). Compare English celestial body, Swedish himlakropp, Italian corpo celeste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɪml̩sˌkœʁpɐ/

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Noun

Himmelskörper m (strong, genitive Himmelskörpers, plural Himmelskörper)

1. celestial body, heavenly body

Declension

Declension of Himmelskörper [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Himmelskörper	die	Himmelskörper
genitive	eines	des	Himmelskörpers	der	Himmelskörper
dative	einem	dem	Himmelskörper	den	Himmelskörpern
accusative	einen	den	Himmelskörper	die	Himmelskörper

Hypernyms

• (heavenly body): astronomisches Objekt n

Further reading

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