Zigarette

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French cigarette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌtsi(ː).ɡaˈʁɛ.tə/ (standard)
• IPA^(key): /tsɪɐ̯ˈʁɛ.tə/ (casual speech; chiefly northern and central Germany)

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Noun

Zigarette f (genitive Zigarette, plural Zigaretten, diminutive Zigarettchen n)

1. cigarette

   Synonyms: (colloquial) Fluppe, (colloquial) Kippe

Declension

Declension of Zigarette [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Zigarette	die	Zigaretten
genitive	einer	der	Zigarette	der	Zigaretten
dative	einer	der	Zigarette	den	Zigaretten
accusative	eine	die	Zigarette	die	Zigaretten

Derived terms

Derived terms

• elektrische Zigarette
• elektronische Zigarette
• E-Zigarette
• Sportzigarette
• Zigarettenautomat
• Zigarettenfilter
• Zigarettenhülse
• Zigarettenkippe
• Zigarettenschachtel
• Zigarettenspitze
• Zigarettenstummel

Descendants

• → Czech: cigareta
• → Estonian: sigaret
• → Hungarian: cigaretta
• → Latvian: cigarete
• → Lithuanian: cigaretė
• → Polish: cygareta
• → Romanian: țigaretă
• → Serbo-Croatian: cigareta / цигарета
• → Slovak: cigareta
• → Slovene: cigareta

Further reading

• “Zigarette” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Zigarette” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Zigarette” in Duden online