Boiserie

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German

Etymology

Borrowed from French boiserie.

Noun

Boiserie f (genitive Boiserie, plural Boiserien)

  1. boiserie, panelling
    • 1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 2, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 428:
      Sie lachte, die Zigarette im Munde, daß ihre tatarischen Augen sich zusammenzogen, und ließ, gegen die Boiserie zurückgelehnt, die Hände neben sich auf die Bank gestützt und ein Bein über das andre geschlagen, den Fuß im schwarzen Lackschuh wippen.
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Declension

Declension of Boiserie
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Boiserie die Boiserien
genitive einer der Boiserie der Boiserien
dative einer der Boiserie den Boiserien
accusative eine die Boiserie die Boiserien

Further reading

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