Thron

German

Etymology

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Ancient Greek θρόνος (thrónos)bor.

Latin thronusder.

Old French tronebor.

German Thron

From Middle High German thrōn, trōn, from Old French tron, from Latin thronus, from Ancient Greek θρόνος (thrónos, “seat, place of honour”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tʁoːn]

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Rhymes: -oːn

Noun

Thron m (strong, genitive Thrones or Throns, plural Throne)

1. throne
2. (figuratively) the monarchy

Usage notes

This and other words of Greek origin were unaffected by the spelling reform that changed the "th" in e.g. Thier to "t" (Tier).

Declension

Declension of Thron [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Thron	die	Throne
genitive	eines	des	Thrones, Throns	der	Throne
dative	einem	dem	Thron, Throne1	den	Thronen
accusative	einen	den	Thron	die	Throne

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• thronen

Related terms

• Elfenbeinthron
• Fürstenthron
• Kaiserthron
• Königsthron
• Marmorthron
• Papstthron
• Pfauenthron
• Thronanwärter
• Thronbesteigung
• Thronfolge
• Thronfolger
• Thronjubiläum
• Thronverzicht

Descendants

• → Estonian: troon
• → Hungarian: trón

Further reading

• “Thron” in Duden online
• “Thron”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)