Zehnt

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German

Zehnt on German Wikipedia

Alternative forms

Zehent

Etymology

From Middle High German zehent, zehente, zehnde, zehende, from Old High German zehanto (“tenth, tithe”), from Proto-West Germanic *tehundō, from Proto-Germanic *tehundô (“tenth”). Cognate with German Low German Teihnte, Dutch tiende, English tithe.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtseːnt/,
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Noun

Zehnt m (weak, genitive Zehnten, plural Zehnten)

(historical) tithe (a tenthpart of the increase)

Declension

Declension of Zehnt

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Zehnt	die	Zehnten
genitive	eines	des	Zehnten	der	Zehnten
dative	einem	dem	Zehnten	den	Zehnten
accusative	einen	den	Zehnten	die	Zehnten

See also

zehnte (“tenth”)
Zehn (“ten”)
Zehntel (“tenth”)

Further reading

“Zehnt” in Duden online

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