Feminine

Ebene

Meaning

  1. (feminine) plain
  2. (feminine) plane
  3. (feminine) storey, floor
  4. (feminine) level

Frequency

B2
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

eebeni

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈʔeːbənə/
Etymology

In summary

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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