Zitrone

German

Alternative forms

• Citrone (obsolete)

Etymology

15th century, from Italian citrone (older variant of cedro) as well as Middle French citron, derived from Latin citrus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡siˈtʁoːnə/

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Noun

Zitrone f (genitive Zitrone, plural Zitronen, diminutive Zitrönchen n)

1. lemon (fruit)
   • 1910, Frances Külpe, Rote Tage, S. Schottländers Schlesische Verlagsanstalt, page 10:

     „Ich bitte um ein Glas Tee mit Zitrone,“ sagte das Fräulein kurz.

     "I ask for a glass of tea with lemon," said the young woman briefly.

2. lemonade (still beverage)

Declension

Declension of Zitrone [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Zitrone	die	Zitronen
genitive	einer	der	Zitrone	der	Zitronen
dative	einer	der	Zitrone	den	Zitronen
accusative	eine	die	Zitrone	die	Zitronen

Derived terms

• Zitronpresse
• Zitronensäure
• Zitronenzeisig

Related terms

• Zitrus

Descendants

• → Czech: citron
• → Kashubian: cytróna
• → Silesian: citrōna
• → Slovincian: cytróna
• → Lower Sorbian: citrona
• → Upper Sorbian: citrona

Further reading

• “Zitrone” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Zitrone” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Zitrone” in Duden online
• Zitrone on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡siˈtroːnə/

Noun

Zitrone f

1. plural of Zitron