Zigarette

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French cigarette.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌtsi(ː).ɡaˈʁɛ.tə/ (Germany)
IPA^(key): /tsɪɐ̯ˈʁɛ.tə/ (casual speech; chiefly northern and central Germany)
- Audio (Germany (Berlin)): (file)
IPA^(key): /ˌtsi(ː).ɡ̊aˈʁɛ.tɛ/ (Austria, Southern Germany)
Hyphenation: Zi‧ga‧ret‧te

Noun

Zigarette f (genitive Zigarette, plural Zigaretten, diminutive Zigarettchen n)

cigarette
Synonyms: (colloquial) Fluppe, (colloquial) Kippe

Declension

Declension of Zigarette [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Zigarette	die	Zigaretten
genitive	einer	der	Zigarette	der	Zigaretten
dative	einer	der	Zigarette	den	Zigaretten
accusative	eine	die	Zigarette	die	Zigaretten

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Czech: cigareta
→ Estonian: sigaret
→ Hungarian: cigaretta
→ Kashubian: cygareta
→ Latvian: cigarete
→ Lithuanian: cigaretė
→ Polish: cygareta (regional)
→ Romanian: țigaretă
→ Serbo-Croatian:
- Latin script: cigareta
- Cyrillic script: цигарета
→ Slovak: cigareta
→ Slovene: cigareta

Further reading

“Zigarette” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Zigarette” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
“Zigarette” in Duden online