Düne

Noun

dune

Name

Düne (island near Heligoland in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdyːnə/

Etymology

Cognate with Dutch: duin

In summary

Via Middle Low German from Middle Dutch dûne, from Old Dutch dūna, from Proto-Germanic *dūnǭ. Middle Dutch origin is assured by the German -ü- (compare Süden). The more common Middle Low German form was dûne (with a back vowel -u-); this form may be originally Low German or an earlier borrowing from Dutch. Compare modern Dutch duin.

Concepts

dune

sand dune

dunes

Duna

sand hill

Singing Sand Dunes

Düne

Synonyms

Sanddüne

Sandbank

Wanderdüne

Sandhügel

Translations

dune

duin

duna

duna

wydma

duna

médano

θίνα

dunas

αμμοθίνα

duna

kumul

dune de sable

كثبان

αμμόλοφος

Sentences

Der Junge kletterte langsam die Düne hinauf .

The boy slowly climbed up the dune.