Plagiat

See also: plagiat, plagiát, and plagiât

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French plagiat (“plagiarism”) in the 18th century, from Latin plagium (“manstealing, kidnapping”) and Latin plagiārius (“torturer; kidnapper”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plaˈɡi̯aːt/

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• Hyphenation: Pla‧gi‧at
• Rhymes: -aːt

Noun

Plagiat n (strong, genitive Plagiates or Plagiats, plural Plagiate)

1. plagiarism (a copying of someone's ideas, text or other creative work and claiming it as one's own)

Declension

Declension of Plagiat [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Plagiat	die	Plagiate
genitive	eines	des	Plagiates, Plagiats	der	Plagiate
dative	einem	dem	Plagiat, Plagiate1	den	Plagiaten
accusative	ein	das	Plagiat	die	Plagiate

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

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