Jazz

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English

Etymology

A fanciful spelling variant of Jaz and Jas.

Proper noun

Jazz

  1. A diminutive of the male given name James.
    • 2001, Ian Rankin, Resurrection Men, Orion, page 4:
      His real name was James, but those who knew him seemed never to call him that. He was Jamesy, or more often Jazz.
  2. A diminutive of the female given name Jasmine.
    • 2012? Madeleine Oh, At Long Last, in The Mammoth Book of Erotica: Volume 4, Constable and Robinson Ltd (2012), →ISBN:
      "He calls you Jazzikins." He would. He had. Couldn't call me Jazz or Jasmine the way everyone else did.

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English jazz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒɛ(ː)s/, (dated, now mostly humorous) /jat͡s/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛs, -ɛːs, -ats

Noun

Jazz m (strong, genitive Jazz, no plural)

  1. jazz (musical art form)

Declension

Declension of Jazz
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative ein der Jazz
genitive eines des Jazz
dative einem dem Jazz
accusative einen den Jazz

Further reading

  • “Jazz” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Jazz” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Jazz” in Duden online
  • Jazz on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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