Ebene
Meaning
- (feminine) plain
- (feminine) plane
- (feminine) storey, floor
Frequency
Hyphenated as
Ebe‧ne
Gender
♀️ Feminine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈʔeːbənə/
Etymology
From Middle High German ebene, from Old High German ebanī, from Proto-Germanic *ebnaz, whence also Old English efn (English even), Old Norse jafn. The sense “plane” is a semantic loan from Latin planum, whereas the sense “storey, floor” is one from English level.
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