Zimber

German

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Cimbrus. The identification of the linguistic group with the ancient tribe is an early-modern academic error.

Noun

Zimber m (weak, genitive Zimbern, plural Zimbern, feminine Zimberin)

  1. (linguistics, ethnology) Cimbrian (speaker of a Bavarian variety found in language islands in northeastern Italy)
  2. (history) dated form of Kimber (“one of the Cimbri tribe”)

Declension

Declension of Zimber [masculine, weak]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Zimber die Zimbern
genitive eines des Zimbern der Zimbern
dative einem dem Zimbern den Zimbern
accusative einen den Zimbern die Zimbern

Derived terms

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