Zeppelin

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English

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Etymology

Borrowed from German Zeppelin. Named after Ferdinand von Zeppelin, whose surname derives from the German town name Zepelin. Doublet of cepelinas.

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Noun

USS Los Angeles, a Zeppelin (in both the broad and strict senses)

Zeppelin (plural Zeppelins)

  1. (aviation) A type of large dirigible rigid airship of the early 20th century, built by the German Luftschiffbau Zeppelin and designed to carry passengers or bombs.
  2. (aviation, by extension, informal) A rigid airship dirigible, not restricted to Germany nor the early 20th century.
  3. (slang, rare) The penis.
    • 2022, Seaward Dracula, D. Stroker, sVck
      She shoved him back on the bed, but fear had turned his zeppelin into a deflated balloon, and try as she might, she couldn't blow any air into it.

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Zeppelin

  1. A German manufacturing company, famed for building the Zeppelin airships.
  2. Abbreviation of Led Zeppelin.

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References

  • (penis): Tony Thorne (2014) “zeppelin”, in Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, 4th edition, London,  : Bloomsbury

German

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Etymology

Named after Ferdinand Adolf Heinrich August Graf von Zeppelin.

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Noun

Zeppelin m or (rare) n (strong, genitive Zeppelins, plural Zeppeline)

  1. (strictly) rigid airship, Zeppelin
  2. (in common usage) any airship
    Synonym: Luftschiff

Declension

Declension of Zeppelin
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der, das Zeppelin die Zeppeline
genitive eines des Zeppelins der Zeppeline
dative einem dem Zeppelin den Zeppelinen
accusative einen, ein den, das Zeppelin die Zeppeline
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