Drohne

See also: dröhne

German

Etymology

Ca. 1600, from Middle Low German drōne (variant of commoner drāne), from Old Saxon drāna, from Proto-West Germanic *drānu, from Proto-Germanic *drēnuz.

The Low German form replaced older Tren(e), Trän(e), from Middle High German tren(e), from Old High German treno, from the Germanic ablaut variant *drenô. This may have been reinforced by the desire to avoid homonymy with Träne (“tear”). The word was originally a masculine but became feminine in Early Modern German, probably under the influence of Biene (“bee”). Drones were at that time distinguished only by function; the fact that they were males was generally unknown. The aircraft sense is a semantic loan from cognate English drone.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʁoːnə/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Droh‧ne

Noun

Drohne f (genitive Drohne, plural Drohnen)

1. drone (male bee)

   Coordinate terms: Bienenkönigin, Arbeiterin

2. (dated) sponger, parasite
3. (aviation) drone (unmanned aircraft)

Declension

Declension of Drohne [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Drohne	die	Drohnen
genitive	einer	der	Drohne	der	Drohnen
dative	einer	der	Drohne	den	Drohnen
accusative	eine	die	Drohne	die	Drohnen

Hyponyms

• Abfangdrohne
• Angriffsdrohne
• Aufklärungsdrohne
• Flugdrohne
• Frachtdrohne
• Hubschrauberdrohne
• Kameradrohne
• Kampfdrohne
• Krandrohne
• Lastendrohne
• Mikrodrohne
• Militärdrohne
• Paketdrohne
• Polizeidrohne
• Rettungsdrohne
• Spionagedrohne
• Suchdrohne
• Transportdrohne
• Überwachungsdrohne
• Unterwasserdrohne
• Wasseroberflächendrohne

 

Derived terms

• drohnenartig

Related terms

• Drohnenabwehr
• Drohnenangriff
• Drohnenanschlag

 

Further reading

• Drohne on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Drohne” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Drohne” in Duden online