Dämon
German (Berlin)
/ˈdɛːmɔn/, /ˈdeːmɔn/
noun
Definitions
- demon
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin daemōn (demon, spirit) borrowed from Ancient Greek δαίμων (god, divine power, goddess, dispenser, protective spirit, guardian spirit, genius, a god, demon, tutelary deity, destiny, deity, spirit).
Origin
Ancient Greek
δαίμων
Gloss
god, divine power, goddess, dispenser, protective spirit, guardian spirit, genius, a god, demon, tutelary deity, destiny, deity, spirit
Concept
Semantic Field
Religion and belief
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
神
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- daimon English
- daemon Latin
- daemōn Latin
- demon Latin
- dēmōn Latin
- dämonisch German
- dämonisieren German
- demonisch Dutch, Flemish
- démon French
- δαίμων Ancient Greek
- δαίομαι Ancient Greek
- δαιμόνιος Ancient Greek
- εὐδαίμων Ancient Greek
- κακοδαίμων Ancient Greek
- *deh₂-i- Proto-Indo-European
- *deh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- demon Norwegian Bokmål
- ダイモーン Japanese
- デモーニッシュ Japanese
- demon Norwegian Nynorsk
- dæmon Danish
- démonický Czech
- demono Esperanto
- δαίμονας Greek (modern)
- 𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌼𐍉𐌽𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 Gothic
- ⲇⲁⲓⲙⲱⲛ Coptic
- ⲇⲉⲙⲱⲛ Coptic