Pyramide

See also: pyramide

Dutch

Etymology

Attested as Piramide in 1838-1857. Derived from piramide (“pyramid”). Possibly named after a house with a pyramid-shaped roof.

See also Zealandic Pieremie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpi.raːˈmi.də/

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• Hyphenation: Py‧ra‧mi‧de
• Rhymes: -idə
• Homophone: piramide

Proper noun

Pyramide n

1. A hamlet in Sluis, Zeeland, Netherlands.

References

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “pyramide”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎^[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

German

Etymology

15th century, as Pyramis, from Latin pyramis, from Ancient Greek πυραμίς (puramís). The modern form since ca. 1600 from the Graeco-Latin inflected stem (genitive pyramidis, πυραμίδος), possibly after Middle French pyramide.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pyraˈmiːdə/, [py.ʁaˈmiː.də], [ˌpʏ-], [ˌpyː-]

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• Rhymes: -iːdə

Noun

Pyramide f (genitive Pyramide, plural Pyramiden)

1. pyramid

Declension

Declension of Pyramide [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Pyramide	die	Pyramiden
genitive	einer	der	Pyramide	der	Pyramiden
dative	einer	der	Pyramide	den	Pyramiden
accusative	eine	die	Pyramide	die	Pyramiden

Derived terms

• pyramidal, pyramidenartig, pyramidenförmig
• Doppelpyramide, Dreieckpyramide, Sechseckpyramide, Zehneckpyramide, Elfeckpyramide, Zwölfeckpyramide
• Alterspyramide, Bevölkerungspyramide, Cheopspyramide, Einkommenspyramide, Ernährungspyramide, Steinpyramide, Stufenpyramide, Weihnachtspyramide
• Pyramidenbau, Pyramidendach, Pyramidenform, Pyramidengrundfläche, Pyramidenhöhe, Pyramidenmantelfläche, Pyramidenspitze, Pyramidenstumpf, Pyramidenzahl, Pyramidenzelle

Descendants

• → Czech: pyramida

See also

• Kegel (“cone”)
• Keil (“wedge”)

Further reading

• “Pyramide” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Pyramide” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• “Pyramide” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Pyramide” in Duden online