Declension of German noun Saphir with plural and article

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

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

der Saphir

Saphirs · Saphire

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

English sapphire, blue corundum, sapphire stylus, stylus

/ˈzaːfiːɐ̯/ · /ˈzaːfiːɐ̯s/ · /ˈzaːfiːɐ̯ə/

[Umwelt] besonders blaue, aber auch gelbe, grüne, violette und weiße oder farblose Varietät des Minerals Korund

» Sein Leib ist wie reines Elfenbein, mit Saphiren geschmückt. English His body is like pure ivory, adorned with sapphires.

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Declension of Saphir in singular and plural in all cases

Singular

Nom. derSaphir
Gen. desSaphirs
Dat. demSaphir
Acc. denSaphir

Plural

Nom. dieSaphire
Gen. derSaphire
Dat. denSaphiren
Acc. dieSaphire
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Examples

Example sentences for Saphir

  • Sein Leib ist wie reines Elfenbein, mit Saphiren geschmückt. 
    English His body is like pure ivory, adorned with sapphires.
  • Unser Renner sind Manschettenknöpfe, ob mit Perlmutter- oder Emaille-Inlays, Turmalin oder Saphir . 
    English Our bestsellers are cufflinks, whether with mother-of-pearl or enamel inlays, tourmaline or sapphire.
  • Umgeben ist die von goldenen Pagoden gesäumte Stadt von Seitentälern, wo in Hunderten oft kleinflächigen Stollen und Schächten Rubine und Saphire abgebaut werden, aber auch Quarz. 
    English The city surrounded by golden pagodas is surrounded by side valleys, where in hundreds of often small mines and shafts rubies and sapphires are extracted, but also quartz.
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Translations

Translation of German Saphir

German Saphir
English sapphire, blue corundum, sapphire stylus, stylus
Russian сапфир, сапфи́р, си́ний я́хонт
Spanish zafiro
French saphir
Turkish safir, gökyakut
Portuguese safira
Italian zaffiro, puntina di zaffiro
Romanian safir, zafir, zanfir
Hungarian zafír
Polish szafir
Greek ζαφείρι
Dutch saffier, saffiernaald
Czech safír
Swedish safir
Danish safir
Japanese サファイア, サファイヤ, 青玉
Catalan safir, safira
Finnish safiiri
Norwegian safir
Basque safira
Serbian safir, сафир
Macedonian сапфир, сафир
Slovenian safir
Slowakisch safír, zafír
Bosnian safir
Croatian safir
Ukrainian сапфір
Bulgarian сапфир
Belorussian сапфір, шафір
Indonesian safir
Uzbek safir
Hindi नीलम
Chinese 蓝宝石
Thai แซฟไฟร์
Korean 사파이어
Azerbaijani safir
Georgian საფირი
Bengali নীলম
Albanian safir
Marathi नीलम
Nepali नीलम
Telugu నీలం
Latvian safīrs
Tamil நீலம்
Estonian safiir
Armenian սաֆիր
Kurdish safir
Hebrewספיר
Arabicزفير، صفير، ياقوت أزرق
Persianیاقوت کبود
Urduنیلم

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Meanings and synonyms of Saphir
  • [Umwelt] besonders blaue, aber auch gelbe, grüne, violette und weiße oder farblose Varietät des Minerals Korund
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Frequently asked questions about the noun "Saphir"

The noun “Saphir” 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 “Saphir” are explained below. The most important forms are given for the nominative, genitive, dative, and accusative, each in the singular and plural.

How is "Saphir" declined?

“Saphir” is masculine. The article is “der Saphir”.

Is “Saphir” masculine, feminine, or neuter?

“Saphir” is masculine. The article is “der Saphir”.

What is the singular of "Saphir"?

The singular of “Saphir” is: der Saphir. The singular forms are: der Saphir (nominative), des Saphirs (genitive), dem Saphir (dative) and den Saphir (accusative).

What is the plural of “Saphir”?

The singular of “Saphir” is: die Saphire. The singular forms are: die Saphire (nominative), der Saphire (genitive), den Saphiren (dative) and die Saphire (accusative).

At what language level is “Saphir” used?

“Saphir” belongs to the vocabulary at C2 level.

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

The declension of Saphir 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 Saphir is crucial.

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