Zeppelin

See also: zeppelin

English

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Etymology

Borrowed from German Zeppelin. Named after Ferdinand von Zeppelin. Doublet of cepelinas. The word is Slavic and refers to the agricultural tool cep [tsep] eng. flail. The Slavic village of Cepelin [tsepelin] before germanization would simply mean "place of flails"

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Noun
USS Los Angeles, a Zeppelin (in both the broad and strict senses)

Zeppelin (plural Zeppelins)

  1. (aviation) A type of large dirigible rigid airship of the early 20th century, built by the German Luftschiffbau Zeppelin and designed to carry passengers or bombs.
  2. (aviation, by extension, informal) A rigid airship dirigible, not restricted to Germany nor the early 20th century.

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Zeppelin

  1. A German manufacturing company, famed for building the zeppelin airships.
  2. Abbreviation of Led Zeppelin.

See also

German

Etymology

Named after Ferdinand Adolf Heinrich August Graf von Zeppelin.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡sɛpəliːn/
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Noun

Zeppelin m or (rare) n (strong, genitive Zeppelins, plural Zeppeline)

  1. (strictly) rigid airship, Zeppelin
  2. (in common usage) any airship
    Synonym: Luftschiff

Declension
Declension of Zeppelin [masculine // neuter (rare), strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der, das Zeppelin die Zeppeline
genitive eines des Zeppelins der Zeppeline
dative einem dem Zeppelin den Zeppelinen
accusative einen, ein den, das Zeppelin die Zeppeline
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