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obelisk:
- Gedächtnissäule; Nadel; Obelisk
Wiktionary:
- obelisk → Obelisk, Kreuz
- obelisk → Obelisk

English

Detailed Translations for obelisk from English to German

obelisk:

obelisk [the ~] noun

the obelisk (memorial pillar; sepulchral obelisk; commerotative column)
die Gedächtnissäule; die Nadel; der Obelisk
- Gedächtnissäule [die ~] noun
- Nadel [die ~] noun
- Obelisk [der ~] noun

Translation Matrix for obelisk:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
Gedächtnissäule	commerotative column; memorial pillar; obelisk; sepulchral obelisk
Nadel	commerotative column; memorial pillar; obelisk; sepulchral obelisk	badge; flag; needle; peg; pin; plug; surgical needle; suture needle
Obelisk	commerotative column; memorial pillar; obelisk; sepulchral obelisk
-	dagger

Related Words for "obelisk":

obelisks

Synonyms for "obelisk":

column; pillar
dagger; character; grapheme; graphic symbol

Related Definitions for "obelisk":

a stone pillar having a rectangular cross section tapering towards a pyramidal top¹
a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote¹

Wiktionary Translations for obelisk:

obelisk

noun

A tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point
- obelisk → Obelisk
The dagger sign (†)
- obelisk → Kreuz

obelisk

noun

rechteckiger Steinpfeiler mit aufgesetzter pyramidenförmiger Spitze
- Obelisk → obelisk

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• obelisk	→ Obelisk	↔ obélisque — antiquité\|fr terme\|égyptienne monument quadrangulaire en forme d’aiguille, élever sur un piédestal et ordinairement monolithe.

Related Translations for obelisk

sepulchral obelisk

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University