Zaungast

German

Etymology

Zaun (“fence”) +‎ Gast (“guest”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡saʊ̯nˌɡast/
• Hyphenation: Zaun‧gast

• Audio:

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Noun

Zaungast m (strong, genitive Zaungasts or Zaungastes, plural Zaungäste)

1. (colloquial) onlooker

Declension

Declension of Zaungast [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Zaungast	die	Zaungäste
genitive	eines	des	Zaungasts, Zaungastes	der	Zaungäste
dative	einem	dem	Zaungast, Zaungaste1	den	Zaungästen
accusative	einen	den	Zaungast	die	Zaungäste

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

• “Zaungast” in Duden online