Zitatwort

German

Etymology

Zitat +‎ Wort

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡sɪˈtaːtˌvɔʁt/
Hyphenation: Zi‧tat‧wort
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Noun

Zitatwort n (genitive Zitatworts or Zitatwortes, plural Zitatwörter)

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

Declension

Declension of Zitatwort

	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 uncommon, see notes

Further reading

Zitatwort in Duden online

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