Zinsfuß

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German

Alternative forms

Etymology

1781, from Zins (“interest”) +‎ Fuß (“foot”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡sɪnsˌfuːs/
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  • Hyphenation: Zins‧fuß

Noun

Zinsfuß m (strong, genitive Zinsfußes, plural Zinsfüße)

  1. interest rate
    • 1811, Barthold Georg Niebuhr, Römische Geschichte, 1, 203:
      Das zehnmonatliche Jahr war [...] Maaßstab des ältesten Zinsfußes
      The ten-month year was the measure of the oldest interest rate
    • 1831 Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Vorlesungen über die Philosophie der Geschichte (lectures held between 1822–1831, first published 1832)
      Wenn der Zinsfuß bei einem Krieger drei Procent [...] hoch seyn darf, so übersteigt er bei einem Brahmanen nie die Höhe von zweien Procenten
      While the interest rate for a warrior may be set at three percent , for a Brahmin it may never exceed two percent.
    Synonym: Zinssatz

Declension

Declension of Zinsfuß
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Zinsfuß die Zinsfüße
genitive eines des Zinsfußes der Zinsfüße
dative einem dem Zinsfuß, Zinsfuße1 den Zinsfüßen
accusative einen den Zinsfuß die Zinsfüße

1Now rare, see notes.

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Further reading

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