Zeremonie

German

Alternative forms

• Cäremonie, Ceremonie (obsolete)

Etymology

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

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

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Noun

Zeremonie f (genitive Zeremonie, plural Zeremonien)

1. ceremony

Declension

Declension of Zeremonie [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Zeremonie	die	Zeremonien
genitive	einer	der	Zeremonie	der	Zeremonien
dative	einer	der	Zeremonie	den	Zeremonien
accusative	eine	die	Zeremonie	die	Zeremonien

Derived terms

• Teezeremonie
• Kakaozeremonie
• zeremoniell
• Zeremonienmeister

Further reading

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