Zement

German

Alternative forms

  • Cement, Ciment, Ziment, Cäment, Zäment (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle High German cē̆ment, byform of more common cī̆ment(e), z-, from Old French ciment, cement, from Latin caementum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tseˈmɛnt/, [t͡seˈmɛnt], [t͡sə-]
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Noun

Zement m (strong, genitive Zements or Zementes, plural Zemente)

  1. (construction) cement
  2. (anatomy) cementum

Declension

Declension of Zement [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Zement die Zemente
genitive eines des Zements, Zementes der Zemente
dative einem dem Zement, Zemente1 den Zementen
accusative einen den Zement die Zemente

1Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Macedonian: цеме́нт (cemént)
  • → Polish: cement
  • → Russian: цеме́нт (cemént) (see there for further descendants)
  • → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: цѐмент
    Latin script: cèment

Further reading

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