Benzin

See also: benzin and benzín

German

Etymology

Coined by Eilhardt Mitscherlich in 1833 from Benzoe +‎ -in.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Benzin n (genitive Benzins, plural Benzine)

1. petrol, gasoline

Declension

Declension of Benzin

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Benzin	die	Benzine
genitive	eines	des	Benzins	der	Benzine
dative	einem	dem	Benzin	den	Benzinen
accusative	ein	das	Benzin	die	Benzine

Synonyms

• Sprit (colloquial)

Derived terms

• Benzintank

Descendants

• → Iraqi Arabic: بنزين‎
• → Hijazi Arabic: بنزين‎
• → Azerbaijani: benzin
• → Catalan: benzina
• → Danish: benzin
• → Esperanto: benzino
• → Spanish: benzina f
• → French: benzine f
  • → Greek: βενζίνη f (venzíni)
  • → Romanian: benzină f
  • → Turkish: benzin
• → Hungarian: benzin
• → Italian: benzina f
• → Dutch: benzine
• → Russian: бензин m (benzin)
  • → Armenian: բենզին (benzin)
  • → Bezhta: [script needed] (benzin)
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: бѐнзӣн m

  Latin: bènzīn m

• → Swedish: bensin
• → Portuguese: benzina f

Further reading

• “Benzin” in Duden online