Jobcenter

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German[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Job-Center

Etymology[edit]

Job +‎ Center or English job center.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɔpˌsɛntɐ/
Audio (file)

Noun[edit]

Jobcenter n (strong, genitive Jobcenters, plural Jobcenter)

job center

Usage notes[edit]

The Duden prescribes that unadapted borrowings from English consisting of two nouns be written solid (Jobcenter) or, if it improves legibility, hyphenated (Job-Center). The spaced spelling (Job Center) is proscribed.^[1]

Declension[edit]

Declension of Jobcenter [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Jobcenter	die	Jobcenter
genitive	eines	des	Jobcenters	der	Jobcenter
dative	einem	dem	Jobcenter	den	Jobcentern
accusative	ein	das	Jobcenter	die	Jobcenter

References[edit]

^ “Schreibung von Fremdwörtern aus dem Englischen [Spelling of loan words from English]”, in Duden‎^[1] (in German), Cornelsen Verlag GmbH, (Can we date this quote?), archived from the original on 2023-01-20

Further reading[edit]

“Jobcenter” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Jobcenter” in Duden online
“Jobcenter” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

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