Planet

From Middle High German plānēte, a loanword from Latin planeta, planetes, from Ancient Greek πλανήτης (planḗtēs), a variant of πλάνης (plánēs, “wanderer”). The German term Wandelstern is a calque of the former.

• IPA^(key): /plaˈneːt/

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• Hyphenation: Pla‧net

Planet m (weak, genitive Planeten, plural Planeten)

1. (astronomy) planet

   Synonyms: Wandelstern m; (obsolete) Irrstern m

   Mein Vater erklärt mir jeden Sonntag unsere neun Planeten.

   My father explains our nine planets to me every Sunday. (A mnemonic to remember the order of Merkur, Venus, Erde, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptun, Pluto)

• Himmelskörper m

• Mond m
• Zwergplanet m

• → Hunsrik: Planet

• Umlaufbahn f

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Borrowed from German Planet, from Middle High German plānēte, a learned borrowing from Latin planēta, borrowed from Ancient Greek πλανήτης (planḗtēs), from πλανάω (planáō) + -της (-tēs).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /plaˈneːt/
• Rhymes: -eːt
• Syllabification: Pla‧net

Planet m (plural Planete)

1. planet

   Die Ëxistenz fun Leve in annere Planete is meghlich.

   The existence of life in other planets is possible.