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 (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)

Further reading

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