Vakzine

German

Alternative forms

• Vakzin n
• Vaccine (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin vaccīnus m (adjective).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vakˈt͡siːnə/
• Hyphenation: Vak‧zi‧ne

• Audio

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Noun

Vakzine f (genitive Vakzine, plural Vakzinen)

1. (immunology) Synonym of Impfstoff (“vaccine”)
   • 2021 November 22, Jens Spahn, quotee, “Jens Spahn: Moderna als »guter, sicherer und sehr wirksamer Impfstoff«”, in Der Spiegel‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Die Vakzine von Biontech sei der Mercedes und die von Moderna der Rolls-Royce.

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Usage notes

• The word was originally restricted to medical parlance. Since 2020 it has entered media language, mostly in the form Vakzin n. This is likely due to a desire to reduce repetitions of Impfstoff given the frequency of reports about vaccination. In general usage it remains as yet uncommon.

Declension

Declension of Vakzine [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Vakzine	die	Vakzinen
genitive	einer	der	Vakzine	der	Vakzinen
dative	einer	der	Vakzine	den	Vakzinen
accusative	eine	die	Vakzine	die	Vakzinen

Descendants

• → Bulgarian: вакци́на (vakcína)
• → Japanese: ワクチン (from the form Vakzin)

Noun

Vakzine n pl

1. nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Vakzin

See also

• Vakzination
• vakzinieren
• Vakzinierung

Further reading

• “Vakzine” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache