Declension of German noun Epitaph with plural and article

The most important forms of "Epitaph" are: genitive singular "Epitaphs" and nominative plural "Epitaphe". “Epitaph” is declined with the strong declension. The endings are s/e. "Epitaph" is neuter. The article is "das Epitaph". “Epitaph” belongs to the vocabulary at C2 level. Here you can not only inflect Epitaph but also all German nouns. Comments ☆

C2 · noun · neutral · regular · -s, -e

das Epitaph

Epitaphs · Epitaphe

Endings s/e   Shortening of the genitive ending to 's'  

English epitaph, memorial plaque, commemorative tablet, grave inscription

/epɪˈtaːf/ · /epɪˈtaːfs/ · /epɪˈtaːfə/

Grabschrift, Grabinschrift; Gedenktafel für einen Verstorbenen an der Kirchenwand, ohne Verbindung zu einem Grab; Grabschrift, Grabinschrift, Epitaphium

» Es schien mir ein passendes Epitaph für meine Anstrengungen zu sein, wenn ich sie denn irgendwann würde aufgeben müssen. English It seemed to me a fitting epitaph for my efforts, if I ever had to give them up.

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Declension of Epitaph in singular and plural in all cases

Singular

Nom. dasEpitaph
Gen. desEpitaphs
Dat. demEpitaph
Acc. dasEpitaph

Plural

Nom. dieEpitaphe
Gen. derEpitaphe
Dat. denEpitaphen
Acc. dieEpitaphe
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Example sentences for Epitaph

  • Es schien mir ein passendes Epitaph für meine Anstrengungen zu sein, wenn ich sie denn irgendwann würde aufgeben müssen. 
    English It seemed to me a fitting epitaph for my efforts, if I ever had to give them up.
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Translation of German Epitaph

German Epitaph
English epitaph, memorial plaque, commemorative tablet, grave inscription
Russian эпитафия, надгробие, памятная табличка, эпита́фия
Spanish epitafio, inscripción, monumento, placa conmemorativa
French épitaphe, ex-voto
Turkish anıtaş, epitaf, mezar taşı, mezar yazıtı
Portuguese epitáfio, placa comemorativa
Italian epitaffio
Romanian epitaf
Hungarian emléktábla, síremlék, sírfelirat
Polish epitafium, nagrobek, płyta nagrobna
Greek επιτάφιος, επιτύμβιο
Dutch epitaaf, gedenkplaat, grafschrift, grafsteen
Czech náhrobek, epitaf, pamětní deska
Swedish epitafium, gravskrift, epitaf, minnesplakett
Danish gravskrift, mindetavle
Japanese 墓碑, 墓碑銘, 墓誌, 記念碑
Catalan epitafi, plaques commemoratives
Finnish hautakirjoitus, muistotaulu
Norwegian epitaf, gravskrift, minnetavle
Basque epitafio, hilobi-idazkia
Serbian epitaf, епитаф, надгробни натпис
Macedonian епитаф
Slovenian epitaf, nagrobni napis, spominska tabla
Slowakisch epitaf, náhrobok
Bosnian epitaf, nadgrobna natpis, spomen-ploča
Croatian epitaf, nadgrobna natpis, spomen ploča
Ukrainian епітафія, надгробок, пам'ятна таблиця
Bulgarian гробна плоча, епитаф, епитафия
Belorussian эпітафія, надпіс на магіле
Indonesian epitaf, plakat peringatan
Vietnamese bia mộ, bảng tưởng niệm
Uzbek qabr yozuvi, yodgorlik plakati
Hindi कब्र-लेख, यादगार पट्टिका
Chinese 墓志铭, 纪念牌
Thai จารึก, ป้ายรำลึก
Korean 기념판, 묘비문
Azerbaijani qəbər yazısı, xatirə lövhəsi
Georgian სამახსოვრებელი დაფა, საფლავის წარწერა
Bengali কবর-শিলালিপি, স্মারক প্লেট
Albanian epitaf, plakë kujtimi
Marathi कब्रलेख, यादगार पटल
Nepali कब्र शिलालेख, स्मृतिपट्टिका
Telugu కబరు శిలాపటం, స్మరణపట్టిక
Latvian kapu uzraksts, piemiņas plāksne
Tamil கல்லறை எழுத்து, நினைவுப் பலகை
Estonian epitaaf, mälestustahvel
Armenian էպիտափ, հիշատակատախտակ
Kurdish plaka xatirî, qebr nivîs
Hebrewכתובת קבר، מצבת זיכרון
Arabicشهادة قبر، نقش تذكاري، نقش قبر
Persianسنگ‌نوشته، نقش‌برجسته، یادبود
Urduقبر کا کتبہ، قبر کی تحریر، مردہ کی یاد، یادگار

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Meanings and synonyms of Epitaph
  • Grabschrift, Grabinschrift, Grabschrift, Grabinschrift, Epitaphium
  • Gedenktafel für einen Verstorbenen an der Kirchenwand, ohne Verbindung zu einem Grab
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Frequently asked questions about the noun "Epitaph"

The noun “Epitaph” is declined in all four cases (nominative, genitive, dative, accusative). The declension includes the singular and plural forms and shows how the word changes depending on the case. All declension forms of “Epitaph” are explained below. The most important forms are given for the nominative, genitive, dative, and accusative, each in the singular and plural.

How is "Epitaph" declined?

"Epitaph" is neuter. The article is "das Epitaph".

Is “Epitaph” masculine, feminine, or neuter?

"Epitaph" is neuter. The article is "das Epitaph".

What is the singular of "Epitaph"?

The singular of “Epitaph” is: das Epitaph. The singular forms are: das Epitaph (nominative), des Epitaphs (genitive), dem Epitaph (dative) and das Epitaph (accusative).

What is the plural of “Epitaph”?

The singular of “Epitaph” is: die Epitaphe. The singular forms are: die Epitaphe (nominative), der Epitaphe (genitive), den Epitaphen (dative) and die Epitaphe (accusative).

At what language level is “Epitaph” used?

“Epitaph” belongs to the vocabulary at C2 level.

What are the peculiarities of the declension of “Epitaph”?

The declension of Epitaph as a table with all forms in singular (singular) and plural (plural) and in all four cases nominative (1st case), genitive (2nd case), dative (3rd case) and accusative (4th case). Especially for German learners the correct declension of the word Epitaph is crucial.

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* Sentences from the Wiktionary (de.wiktionary.org) are freely available under the license CC BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.de). Some of them were changed. The authors of the sentences can be looked up via: 87088

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