Stafette
German
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Italian staffetta.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editStafette f (genitive Stafette, plural Stafetten)
- (historical) courier
- relay (series of vehicles travelling in sequence)
- (dated) Synonym of Staffel
- (sports, dated outside Switzerland) Synonym of Staffellauf (“relay race”)
Declension
editDeclension of Stafette [feminine]
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “Stafette” in Duden online
- “Stafette” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Staffette” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.