German edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German cerimōnie, from Medieval Latin ceremonia, from classical caeremōnia. At first only in ecclesiastical context, broader use since ca. 1600 after French cérémonie, which also causes the now predominant final stress.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /tseʁemoˈniː/, (now chiefly Austria) /tseʁeˈmoːni̯ə/
  • The second pronunciation is widely obsolete in Germany, but remains in Zeremonienmeister.
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Noun edit

Zeremonie f (genitive Zeremonie, plural Zeremonien)

  1. ceremony

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

  • Zeremonie” in Duden online
  • Zeremonie” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache