Todeskette

German

Etymology

From Tod (“death”) +‎ -es- +‎ Kette (“chain”).

Noun

Todeskette f (genitive Todeskette, plural Todesketten)

  1. (literature) A literary device, somewhat common in ancient epic, consisting of a chain of deaths in which one warrior is killed by another, who is in turn killed by a third, and so forth.

Declension

Declension of Todeskette [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Todeskette die Todesketten
genitive einer der Todeskette der Todesketten
dative einer der Todeskette den Todesketten
accusative eine die Todeskette die Todesketten
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