Pfalz

English

Etymology

From German Pfalz, from Old High German pfalinza, from Latin palātium. Doublet of palace and palazzo.

Proper noun

Pfalz

1. (historical, often with "the") The Palatinate region of Germany.

German

Alternative forms

• Pfaltz (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old High German pfalinza, borrowed from Medieval Latin palātium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [p͡falt͡s] (standard)
• IPA^(key): /fal(t)s/ (most speakers in northern and central Germany)

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Pfalz

Noun

Pfalz f (genitive Pfalz, plural Pfalzen)

1. (historical) palace (of certain mediaeval emperors and kings)

Declension

Declension of Pfalz [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Pfalz	die	Pfalzen
genitive	einer	der	Pfalz	der	Pfalzen
dative	einer	der	Pfalz	den	Pfalzen
accusative	eine	die	Pfalz	die	Pfalzen

Hyponyms

• Kaiserpfalz, Königspfalz

Derived terms

• Pfalzel

Related terms

• Pfalzgraf
  • Pfalzgrafschaft
• Pfalzkapelle
• Pfalzstadt

Proper noun

die Pfalz f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Pfalz)

1. Palatinate (a region in southern Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)

   Ich komme aus der Pfalz.

   I'm from the Palatinate.

Declension

Declension of Pfalz [sg-only, feminine]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Pfalz
genitive	einer	der	Pfalz
dative	einer	der	Pfalz
accusative	eine	die	Pfalz

Hyponyms

• Kurpfalz
• Niederpfalz
• Oberpfalz
• Pfalz-Lützelstein
• Pfalz-Neuburg
• Pfalz-Zweibrücken
• Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis
• Rheinpfalz
• Südwestpfalz
• Unterpfalz

 

Derived terms

• Pfälzer
  • Pfälzerin
• pfälzisch
  • Pfälzisch

Descendants

• → Dutch: palts

Pennsylvania German

Proper noun

Pfalz f

1. Palatinate, Pfalz