Residenz
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German
Etymology
From residieren + -enz.
Pronunciation
Noun
Residenz f (genitive Residenz, plural Residenzen)
- residence, abode
- residency
- capital
- 1909, Thomas Mann, Königliche Hoheit, page 41; republished as A. Cecil Curtis, transl., Royal Highness, 1916:
- Schüsse wurden gelöst, als auf den verschiedenen Verständigungswegen der Neuzeit in die Residenz die Nachricht gelangte, daß auf Grimmburg die Großherzogin Dorothea zum zweiten Male von einem Prinzen entbunden sei.
- Artillery salvos were fired when the various new-fangled means of communication in the capital spread the news that the Grand Duchess Dorothea had given birth to a prince for the second time at Grimmburg.
Declension
Declension of Residenz
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | eine | die | Residenz | die | Residenzen |
| genitive | einer | der | Residenz | der | Residenzen |
| dative | einer | der | Residenz | den | Residenzen |
| accusative | eine | die | Residenz | die | Residenzen |