Zeremonie

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German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German cerimōnie, from Medieval Latin ceremonia, from classical caeremōnia. At first only in ecclesiastical context, broader use since ca. 1600 after French cérémonie, which also causes the now predominant final stress.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tseʁemoˈniː/, (now chiefly Austria) /tseʁeˈmoːni̯ə/
  • The second pronunciation is widely obsolete in Germany, but remains in Zeremonienmeister.
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Noun

Zeremonie f (genitive Zeremonie, plural Zeremonien)

  1. ceremony

Declension

Declension of Zeremonie
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Zeremonie die Zeremonien
genitive einer der Zeremonie der Zeremonien
dative einer der Zeremonie den Zeremonien
accusative eine die Zeremonie die Zeremonien

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “Zeremonie” in Duden online
  • “Zeremonie” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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