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German
- Spagetti (Germanized spelling, 1996 spelling reform, deprecated since 2024)
- Spaghetto (very rare, jocular)
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian spaghetti.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃpaˈɡɛti/, /spaˈɡɛti/
Noun
Spaghetti f (genitive Spaghetti, plural Spaghettis or Spaghetti)
- (usually in the plural) spaghetti
- Spaghetti sind mein Lieblingsessen. ― Spaghetti is my favourite dish.
- Diese Spaghetti ist auf den Boden gefallen. ― This spaghetti fell on the floor.
- 2015, Clannon Miller, Back & Beyond: Roman, p. 113 (as neuter):
2019, Gabriela Blumenthal, Ein AugenBlick: Mein geliebter Mutsch: Roman, BoD - Books on Demand, Norderstedt, page 203:
Usage notes
- Singular usage is frowned upon by some. It is, however, quite common in colloquial German and beyond.
- The plural Spaghettis is used in the degoratory sense “Italian people”; in the normal sense it is rare.
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Noun
Spaghetti m (strong, genitive Spaghettis or Spaghetti, plural Spaghettis)
- (derogatory, ethnic slur, dated) wop (person of Italian descent)
- Synonyms: (dated) Spaghettifresser, (dated) Katzelmacher
1970, Bruno Gluchowski, Blutiger Stahl, Mitteldeutscher Verlag, page 12:„Dir werde ich das Grinsen austreiben, verdammter Spaghetti! Ab morgen malochst du im Schlackenkeller.“- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
1988, Rafik Schami, Die Sehnsucht fährt schwarz, dtv, →ISBN, page 34:Nun, seit zwei Jahren schreibt dieser Spaghetti bei »Nationalität« nicht mehr »Italiener«, sondern »Gastarbeiter«.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
2012, Michael Böckler, Tod oder Reben, Rowohlt E-Book, →ISBN:«Das ist ein Spaghetti», sagte der Klinikangestellte, um sich sofort für diese Wortwahl zu entschuldigen. Das sei politisch nicht korrekt, er habe vielmehr gemeint, es handele sich um einen Mitbürger mit italienischen Vorfahren, - (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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Italian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Spaghetti m or f by sense
- a surname
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