Zimt

• IPA^(key): /t͡sɪmt/

From late Middle High German zimet, from earlier zinemīn, zinment, from Latin cinnamon, cinnamomum, from Ancient Greek κίνναμον (kínnamon), κινναμωμον (kinnamōmon), from Phoenician [Term?].

der Zimt

Zimt m or n (strong, genitive Zimtes or Zimts, plural Zimte)

1. (uncountable) cinnamon
   • 2013, Hanna Dinkelbach, Zimt-Missbrauch: Das Risiko als letzte Würze, in: Website of Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung

     Die Einnahme von Zimt löst einen schweren Würgereflex aus, weil das Gewürz in Mund und Rachen brennt, erklärt Hower: „Beim Luftholen kann das Zimt in die Lunge gelangen“.

     The consumption of cinnamon provokes a strong pharyngeal reflex because the spice stings in the mouth and throat, Hower explains: “When taking a breath, you can get the cinnamon into your lungs.”

2. (countable) a particular kind of cinnamon
3. (uncountable) the brownish colour of cinnamon

• Traditionally and predominantly masculine, but also used as a neuter by some speakers. As a colour it is usually neuter.

• Zimmet (archaic)

• zimt
• zimtartig, zimtfarben

• Zimtaldehyd, Zimtbaum, Zimtöl, Zimtschnecke, Zimtstange, Zimtstern, Zimtzucker

• Kaneel

From Rotwelsch Zimt (“gold”).

Zimt m (strong, genitive Zimtes or Zimts, plural Zimte)

1. something worthless or dumb

• Zimtzicke

• “Zimt” in Duden online
• “Zimt” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache