Januar

See also: januar, janúar, and január

Central Franconian

Noun

Januar

1. (Kölsch) January
   • 1974, Wilhelm Schneider-Clauss (posthumous), Willi Reisdorf (foreword), Et Kölsche Hätz: Novellen von Wilhelm Schneider-Clauss. Band III der Gesamtausgabe der Werke in kölnischer Mundart, p. 67:

     Et wor der eezte Januar, un [...]

     It was the 1st January, and [...]

German

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Iānuārius. Doublet of inherited Jänner.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjanuaːr/, [ˈja.nuˌaː(ɐ̯)], [-ˌaːʁ]
• IPA^(key): [ˈja(ː)nʊɐ̯] (casual variant)

• Audio:

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Noun

Januar m (strong, genitive Januars or Januar, plural Januare)

1. January

   Synonym: Jänner

Declension

Declension of Januar [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Januar	die	Januare
genitive	eines	des	Januars, Januar	der	Januare
dative	einem	dem	Januar	den	Januaren
accusative	einen	den	Januar	die	Januare

Descendants

• → Estonian: jaanuar
• → Hebrew: יָנוּאָר (yánuar)
• → Hunsrik: Januer
• → Kashubian: januar
• → Luxembourgish: Januar
• → Yiddish: יאַנואַר (yanuar)

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) Monat im gregorianischen Kalender (Gregorianischen Kalender);
  
• (common) Januar / Jänner, Februar / Feber, März, April, Mai, Juni (Juno), Juli (Julei), August, September, Oktober, November, Dezember
  
• (archaic, poetic) Hartung, Hornung, Lenzing, Launing / Ostermond / Ostermonat, Wonnemond, Brachet, Heuert / Heumonat, Ernting / Erntemond / Erntemonat, Scheiding, Gilbhart, Nebelung, Julmond ^{(Category: de:Gregorian calendar months)}

Further reading

• “Januar” in Duden online
• “Januar” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hunsrik

Noun

Januar m (plural Januar) (Altenhofen spelling)

1. Alternative spelling of Januer

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From German Januar, from Latin Ianuarius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjɑ.nuˌaː(ʀ)]

Noun

Januar m (plural Januaren)

1. January

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) Mount am Gregorianesche Kalenner; Januar, Februar, Mäerz, Abrëll, Mee, Juni, Juli, August, September, Oktober, November, Dezember ^{(Category: lb:Months)}

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English Januarie, januari, re-latinised forms of Middle English Janevere, Ieneuer, from Anglo-Norman genever, from Latin Iānuārius (“(month) of Janus”), perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- (“to go”, a root).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdʒanwər]

Proper noun

Januar

1. January

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) Januar, Februar, Mairch, Apryle, Mey, Juin, Julie, August, September, October, November, December ^{(Category: sco:Gregorian calendar months)}