planet
verb ·Translation
- second-person plural subjunctive I of planen form-of, plural, second-person, subjunctive-i
From Middle High German plānēte, a loanword from Latin planeta, planetes, from Ancient Greek πλανήτης (planḗtēs), a variant of πλάνης (plánēs, “wanderer”). The German term Wandelstern is a calque of the former.
Mein Vater erklärt mir jeden Sonntag unsere neun Planeten.
My father explains our nine planets to me every Sunday. (A mnemonic to remember the order of Merkur, Venus, Erde, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptun, Pluto)
Als ich in deinem Alter war, war Pluto ein Planet.
When I was your age, Pluto was a planet.
Neptun ist der achte Planet des Sonnensystems.
Neptune is the eighth planet of the solar system.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | Planet | Planeten |
| Accusative | Planeten | Planeten |
| Dative | Planeten | Planeten |
| Genitive | Planeten | Planeten |