Zitatwort

German

Etymology

Zitat +‎ Wort

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡sɪˈtaːtˌvɔʁt/
  • Hyphenation: Zi‧tat‧wort
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

Zitatwort n (strong, genitive Zitatwortes or Zitatworts, plural Zitatwörter)

  1. (linguistics) foreign word, used to designate foreign objects or concepts
  2. (linguistics) foreign word, whose spelling, flexion, pronunciation, etc. is unadapted to the target language

Declension

Declension of Zitatwort [neuter, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Zitatwort die Zitatwörter
genitive eines des Zitatwortes, Zitatworts der Zitatwörter
dative einem dem Zitatwort, Zitatworte1 den Zitatwörtern
accusative ein das Zitatwort die Zitatwörter

1Now rare, see notes.

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