Matratze

German

Etymology

From Middle High German materaz, from Old French materas, from Arabic مَطْرَح (maṭraḥ). The modern German form was influenced by older Italian materazzo and/or Medieval Latin matracium, from the same Arabic source. (The Old French form may have been borrowed via Italian, too.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈtʁat͡sə/
• Rhymes: -atsə

• Audio:

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• Audio (Austria):

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Noun

Matratze f (genitive Matratze, plural Matratzen)

1. mattress (a pad often of soft cushiony material for sleeping on)
2. (vulgar, derogatory slang) Clipping of Dorfmatratze: town bicycle

Declension

Declension of Matratze [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Matratze	die	Matratzen
genitive	einer	der	Matratze	der	Matratzen
dative	einer	der	Matratze	den	Matratzen
accusative	eine	die	Matratze	die	Matratzen

Derived terms

• Dorfmatratze

Descendants

• → Czech: matrace
• → Belarusian: матрац (matrac)
• → Kashubian: madraca
• → Russian: матрац (matrac)
  • → Bezhta: матрац (matrac)
  • → Yakut: матараас (mataraas)

Further reading

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

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈtrat͡sə/

Noun

Matratze f

1. plural of Matratz