Magazin

See also: magazin

German

Etymology

From Italian magazzino (“warehouse”), from Arabic مَخْزَن (maḵzan, “warehouse”) and its plural مَخازِن (maḵāzin). The military senses are from French magasin, the sense “periodical” from English magazine, both from the same Italian and Arabic sources.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maɡaˈtsiːn/

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Noun

Magazin n (genitive Magazins or Magazines, plural Magazine)

1. magazine (periodical)
2. warehouse
3. storage (especially in a library or museum)
4. magazine (ammunition storehouse)
5. magazine (weapon’s ammunition holder)

Synonyms

• (ammunition storehouse):: Munitionslager
• (periodical):: Zeitschrift

Descendants

• → Bulgarian: магазин (magazin)
• → Georgian: მაღაზია (maɣazia)
• → Hungarian: magazin
• → Macedonian: магацин (magacin)
• → Polish: magazyn
• → Russian: магазин (magazin) (see there for further descendants)
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: магацин

  Latin script: magacin

• → Ukrainian: магазин (mahazyn)

Further reading

• “Magazin” in Duden online