Petunie

See also: petunie, petúnie, and petunię

German

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin Petunia, from (now obsolete) French petun (“the tobacco plant”), from Portuguese petum (“tobacco”), from Paraguayan Guaraní pety.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peˈtuːni̯ə/
• Hyphenation: Pe‧tu‧nie

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

Petunie f (genitive Petunie, plural Petunien)

1. petunia, Petunia

Declension

Declension of Petunie [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Petunie	die	Petunien
genitive	einer	der	Petunie	der	Petunien
dative	einer	der	Petunie	den	Petunien
accusative	eine	die	Petunie	die	Petunien

Further reading

• “Petunie” in Duden online