Rosine

See also: rosine

German

Etymology

From Middle High German rosīn, *rosīne, from Middle Dutch rosīne (whence Dutch rozijn), from Picard Old French *roisine, northern variant of Old French raisin (whence also French raisin and English raisin), from Late Latin racīmus, from Latin racēmus.

Within German, the word was originally chiefly Low and Central German, while Upper German dialects used the word Zibebe. It is therefore likely that the modern form with a monophthong (instead of expected Roseine, which does occur dialectally) was influenced by Middle Low German rosīne. An association with Latinate and French words in -ine is also possible.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁoˈziːnə/

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• Hyphenation: Ro‧si‧ne

Noun

Rosine f (genitive Rosine, plural Rosinen)

1. raisin

   Synonym: (Austria; dialectal in southern Germany) Zibebe

Declension

Declension of Rosine [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Rosine	die	Rosinen
genitive	einer	der	Rosine	der	Rosinen
dative	einer	der	Rosine	den	Rosinen
accusative	eine	die	Rosine	die	Rosinen

Hyponyms

• Korinthe
• Sultanine

Derived terms

• Rosinenbomber
• Rosinenkuchen
• Rosinenpickerei
• sich die Rosinen rauspicken

Descendants

• → Polish: rodzynka
• → Czech: rozinka, ⇒ hrozinka (contaminated with hrozen)
• ⇒ Slovak: hrozienko (contaminated with hrozno)

Further reading

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