Autokorso

German

Etymology

From Auto (“car”) +‎ Korso (“celebratory row of vehicles”). The latter from Italian corso in the archaic sense of “horse race” (for which now corsa). In German, the word is chiefly used in compounds.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaʊ̯toˌkɔʁzo/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

Autokorso m (strong, genitive Autokorsos, plural Autokorsos)

1. a public celebration with honking cars driving in a row; on any occasion, but commonest with weddings and football victories

Declension

Declension of Autokorso [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Autokorso	die	Autokorsos
genitive	eines	des	Autokorsos	der	Autokorsos
dative	einem	dem	Autokorso	den	Autokorsos
accusative	einen	den	Autokorso	die	Autokorsos

Related terms

• Fahrradkorso, Hochzeitskorso, Kutschenkorso, Motorradkorso

See also

• Autokolonne, Fahrzeugkolonne, Motorradkolonne, Wagenkolonne