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Diamant
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diamant diamànt
English
+ (surname)
Etymology
Borrowed from en de Diamant, a Jewish Ashkenazi ornamental surname.
Proper noun
s
en German.
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Diamant is the 39659th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 554 individuals. Diamant is most common among White (93.86%) individuals.
Further reading
German
Alternative forms
de Demant archaic
Pronunciation
de /diaˈmant/ [di.aˈmant] [ˌdiː.aˈmant] casually also [diɐ̯ˈmant] [djaˈmant]
de De-at-Diamant.ogg Austria
de De-Diamant.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de ant 3
Etymology 1
From de gmh dīemant, gmh dīamant, gmh dīamante, borrowed from de fro diamant.
Noun
m.weak
de uncountable diamond allotrope of carbon
diamond gemstone
Declension
m.weak
As with other inanimate weak nouns there is a strong tendency for the dative and accusative singular to be uninflected in informal speech.
Hyponyms
de Blutdiamant, de Industriediamant, de Konfliktdiamant, de Riesendiamant, de Rohdiamant, de Schneidediamant
Derived terms
de diamantenartig, de diamantenhaltig
Related terms
de Diamantbergbau, de Diamantenhändler, de Diamantenmine, de Diamantgitter, de diamanthart, de Diamantring, de Diamantschleifer, de Diamantschliff, de Diamantstempelzelle
Further reading
Diamant de
Diamant_Edelstein Diamant (Edelstein)
Etymology 2
de nl diamant, used by Dirck Voskens who first cut it around 1700, presumably naming it by analogy with the larger de Perl.
Noun
f.sg
de uncountable printing dated A small size of type, standardized as 4 point.
Declension
f.sg
Further reading
Diamant (Schriftmaß) de
Diamant_Schriftgrad Diamant (Schriftgrad)
de Gems Minerals
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From lb de Diamant.
Pronunciation
lb /diaˈmant/ [diɑˈmɑnt]
Noun
m
diamond
lb Gems