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das Fenster

noun · /ˈfɛnstɐ/ ·
Etymology

From Middle High German venster, from Old High German fenstar, from Proto-West Germanic *fenestr (“window”).

Translation

  1. window neuter, strong

    sich weit aus dem Fenster lehnen

    to go out on a limb

    Sie schaute auf dem Fenster.

    She looked out the window.

    1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Orgelpfeifen, in: Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun. Verlag, page 9

    Just as dark and eerie the crypt looked like, if one looked in it through the cloudy, dusted little panes of the small windows, as bright and friendly was the church above.

  2. time frame figuratively, neuter, strong

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominative Fenster Fenster
Accusative Fenster Fenster
Dative Fenster Fenstern
Genitive Fensters Fenster