Zimt
German edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From late Middle High German zimet, from earlier zinemīn, zinment, from Latin cinnamon, cinnamomum, from Ancient Greek κιννάμωμον (kinnámōmon), later κίνναμον (kínnamon), according to Herodotus from Phoenician, cognate with Hebrew קִנָּמוֹן (qinnāmōn).
Noun edit
Zimt m or n (strong, genitive Zimtes or Zimts, plural Zimte)
- (uncountable) cinnamon
- 2013, Hanna Dinkelbach, Zimt-Missbrauch: Das Risiko als letzte Würze, in: Website of Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
- Die Einnahme von Zimt löst einen schweren Würgereflex aus, weil das Gewürz in Mund und Rachen brennt, erklärt Hower: „Beim Luftholen kann das Zimt in die Lunge gelangen“.
- The consumption of cinnamon provokes a strong pharyngeal reflex because the spice stings in the mouth and throat, Hower explains: “When taking a breath, you can get the cinnamon into your lungs.”
- 2013, Hanna Dinkelbach, Zimt-Missbrauch: Das Risiko als letzte Würze, in: Website of Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
- (countable) a particular kind of cinnamon
- (uncountable) the brownish colour of cinnamon
Usage notes edit
- Traditionally and predominantly masculine, but also used as a neuter by some speakers. As a colour it is usually neuter.
Declension edit
Declension of Zimt [masculine // neuter, strong]
Alternative forms edit
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Lower Sorbian: cymt
- → Macedonian: цимет (cimet)
- → Serbo-Croatian: cìmet, цѝмет
- → Slovene: cīmet
- → Upper Sorbian: cymt
See also edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Rotwelsch Zimt (“gold”).
Noun edit
Zimt m (strong, genitive Zimtes or Zimts, plural Zimte)
Declension edit
Declension of Zimt [masculine, strong]