Guillotine

See also: guillotine and guillotiné

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French guillotine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡijoˈtiːnə/
• IPA^(key): /ɡɪljoˈtiːnə/ (slightly dated)

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

Noun

Guillotine f (genitive Guillotine, plural Guillotinen)

1. guillotine (execution machine)

   Synonyms: Fallbeil, (colloquial, obsolete) Hackmesser

Declension

Declension of Guillotine [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Guillotine	die	Guillotinen
genitive	einer	der	Guillotine	der	Guillotinen
dative	einer	der	Guillotine	den	Guillotinen
accusative	eine	die	Guillotine	die	Guillotinen

Further reading

• “Guillotine” in Duden online