Zöllner

German

Etymology

From Middle High German zolnære, from Old High German zolōnāri, borrowed from Medieval Latin telonarius, from telonium (“tollbooth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtsœlnɐ/

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• Hyphenation: Zöll‧ner

Noun

Zöllner m (strong, genitive Zöllners, plural Zöllner, feminine Zöllnerin)

1. customs officer
2. (biblical) publican

Declension

Declension of Zöllner [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Zöllner	die	Zöllner
genitive	eines	des	Zöllners	der	Zöllner
dative	einem	dem	Zöllner	den	Zöllnern
accusative	einen	den	Zöllner	die	Zöllner

Synonyms

• Zollbeamter

Related terms

• Zoll
• verzollen

Further reading

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