Mayonnaise

See also: mayonnaise

German

Alternative forms

• Majonäse (superseded)

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French mayonnaise.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /majɔˈnɛːzə/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)

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  • Rhymes: -ɛːzə
• IPA^(key): /majɔˈneːzə/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)

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  • Rhymes: -eːzə
• Hyphenation: Ma‧yon‧nai‧se

Noun

Mayonnaise f (genitive Mayonnaise, plural Mayonnaisen)

1. mayonnaise

   Synonym: (shortening, colloquial) Mayo

Declension

Declension of Mayonnaise [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Mayonnaise	die	Mayonnaisen
genitive	einer	der	Mayonnaise	der	Mayonnaisen
dative	einer	der	Mayonnaise	den	Mayonnaisen
accusative	eine	die	Mayonnaise	die	Mayonnaisen

Further reading

• “Mayonnaise” in Duden online