Log

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɔk/
• Homophones: lock, Lok

Etymology 1

18th century, borrowed from English log.

Noun

Log n (strong, genitive Logs, plural (all rare) Loge or Logge or Loggen)

1. (nautical, historical) log (device for measuring a ship's speed)

Usage notes

• The plural should be spelt Loge according to Duden (based on the principle that final consonants are not normally doubled in German inflections), but the spelling Logge appears at least equally justified (by analogy with the related terms with gg and in order to avoid confusion with Loge (“lodge, box”)). Neither of these seems common, however. If the plural must needs be expressed, the most sensible may be to use Loggen (principally plural of the variant Logge f).

Declension

Declension of Log [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Log	die	Loge, Logge, Loggen
genitive	eines	des	Logs	der	Loge, Logge, Loggen
dative	einem	dem	Log	den	Logen, Loggen
accusative	ein	das	Log	die	Loge, Logge, Loggen

Alternative forms

• Logge f
• Logg, Lock (obsolete spellings)

Related terms

• loggen
• Logbuch

Etymology 2

Recent, independent borrowing from English log.

Noun

Log m or n (strong, genitive Logs, plural Logs)

1. (computing) log

Declension

Declension of Log [masculine // neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der, das	Log	die	Logs
genitive	eines	des	Logs	der	Logs
dative	einem	dem	Log	den	Logs
accusative	einen, ein	den, das	Log	die	Logs

Related terms

• ausloggen, einloggen
• Blog