Gattung

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German gatunge, from gaten (“to come together, to fit”), from Old High German (bi)gaton, from Proto-West Germanic *gadōn. Cognate with Dutch gading (“satisfaction”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡatʊŋ/ Hyphenation: Gat‧tung === Noun === Gattung f (genitive Gattung, plural Gattungen) (biology, taxonomy) genus (loosely) species (grammar) voice, gender (of verbs) genre ==== Declension ==== ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== gattungsartig gattungslos ==== Related terms ==== Gattungsbegriff, Gattungsname, Gattungszahlwort, Gattungszuordnung Gatte ==== Descendants ==== → Polish: gatunek→ Belarusian: гату́нак (hatúnak)→ Ukrainian: ґату́нок (gatúnok) → Silesian: gatōnek === Further reading === “Gattung” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Gattung” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961. “Gattung” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Gattung” in Duden online