das Fenster
noun · /ˈfɛnstɐ/ ·Etymology
From Middle High German venster, from Old High German fenstar, from Proto-West Germanic *fenestr (“window”).
Translation
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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.
- time frame figuratively, neuter, strong
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | Fenster | Fenster |
| Accusative | Fenster | Fenster |
| Dative | Fenster | Fenstern |
| Genitive | Fensters | Fenster |