Diamant

See also: diamant and diamànt

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Diamant, a Jewish Ashkenazi ornamental surname.

Proper noun

Diamant (plural Diamants)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Diamant is the 39659^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 554 individuals. Diamant is most common among White (93.86%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Diamant”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 455.

German

Alternative forms

• Demant (archaic)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diaˈmant/, [di.aˈmant], [ˌdiː.aˈmant], (casually also) [diɐ̯ˈmant], [djaˈmant]

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• Rhymes: -ant

Etymology 1

From Middle High German dīemant, dīamant, dīamante, borrowed from Old French diamant.

Noun

Diamant m (weak, genitive Diamanten, plural Diamanten)

1. (uncountable) diamond (allotrope of carbon)
2. diamond (gemstone)

Declension

Declension of Diamant [masculine, weak]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Diamant	die	Diamanten
genitive	eines	des	Diamanten	der	Diamanten
dative	einem	dem	Diamanten	den	Diamanten
accusative	einen	den	Diamanten	die	Diamanten

• As with other inanimate weak nouns there is a strong tendency for the dative and accusative singular to be uninflected in informal speech.

Further reading

• Diamant on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Diamant (Edelstein)” in Duden online
• “Diamant” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Dutch diamant, used by Dirck Voskens who first cut it around 1700, presumably naming it by analogy with the larger Perl.

Noun

Diamant f (genitive Diamant, no plural)

1. (uncountable, printing, dated) A small size of type, standardized as 4 point.

Declension

Declension of Diamant [sg-only, feminine]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Diamant
genitive	einer	der	Diamant
dative	einer	der	Diamant
accusative	eine	die	Diamant

Further reading

• Diamant (Schriftmaß) on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Diamant (Schriftgrad)” in Duden online

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From German Diamant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diaˈmant/, [diɑˈmɑnt]

Noun

Diamant m (plural Diamanten)

1. diamond