Marzipan

See also: marzipan

German edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Italian marzapane. See English marzipan for more.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈmaʁ.tsiˌpaːn/, /ˌmaʁ.tsiˈpaːn/
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Rhymes: -aːn

Noun edit

Marzipan n or (also in southern Germany and especially Austria) m (strong, genitive Marzipans, plural (rare, referring to different types) Marzipane)

(generally uncountable) marzipan

Usage notes edit

The word is exclusively neuter in northern and central Germany. In the southern half of the language area the masculine is also used, particularly in Austria.
The plural is only used to refer to different kinds of marzipan.

Declension edit

Declension of Marzipan [neuter // masculine (also in southern Germany and especially Austria), strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das, der	Marzipan	die	Marzipane¹
genitive	eines	des	Marzipans	der	Marzipane¹
dative	einem	dem	Marzipan	den	Marzipanen¹
accusative	ein, einen	das, den	Marzipan	die	Marzipane¹

¹Rare, referring to different types.

Derived terms edit

Marzipankartoffel

Descendants edit

Czech: marcipán
Danish: marcipan
English: marzipan
Hebrew: מרציפן‎ (martsipán)
Hungarian: marcipán
Norwegian: marsipan
Russian: марципан (marcipan)
Serbo-Croatian: марципан, marcipan
Swedish: marsipan