Serviette

See also: serviette and sèrviette

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French serviette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zɛrˈvi̯ɛtə/, [zɛʁˈvjɛtə], [zɛɐ̯-], [-viˈɛtə] (standard)
• IPA^(key): /zɛrˈviːrtə/, [zɛɐ̯ˈvi(ː)ɐ̯tə] (common colloquial variant)
• IPA^(key): /sɛɐ̯ˈvi̯ɛtɛ/, [sɛɐ̯ˈvʲɛtɛ] (Austria)

• Audio

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• Homophone: servierte (colloquial)

Noun

Serviette f (genitive Serviette, plural Servietten)

1. napkin, serviette

Declension

Declension of Serviette [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Serviette	die	Servietten
genitive	einer	der	Serviette	der	Servietten
dative	einer	der	Serviette	den	Servietten
accusative	eine	die	Serviette	die	Servietten

Further reading

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