Benz
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See also: benz-
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Benz (plural Benzes)
- A surname from German.
Translations[edit]
Noun[edit]
Benz (plural Benzes)
- (automotive, informal) Short for Mercedes-Benz.
- Synonyms: Merc, Mercedes, Mercedes-Benz
- 2007, Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns, BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING (2018), page 110:
- It was a Benz, an unusual car in this neighborhood, blue with a thick white stripe bisecting the hood, the roof, and the trunk.
Chinese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Benz
- (Cantonese, Teochew) Mercedes-Benz (brand and car)
Synonyms[edit]
German[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Benz m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Benz' or (with an article) Benz, feminine genitive Benz, plural Benz or Benzes or Benzens)
- a surname
Descendants[edit]
- English: Benz
Noun[edit]
Benz m (strong, genitive Benzes, plural Benze)
- (automotive, informal) Short for Mercedes-Benz; a Merc.
- Synonym: Mercedes
- 2017, “Das Feeling ist sensational”, in Flash, performed by Fünf Sterne deluxe:
- Sonne geht unter, Herzschlag geht hoch / Steig in mein' Benz, fahr endlich los
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension[edit]
Declension of Benz [masculine, strong]
Further reading[edit]
- “Benz” in Duden online
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