Zentaur
Appearance
German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- Zentaure, Zentauer, Zentaurus; Kentaur, Kentaure, Kentauer, Kentauros, Kentaurus; Centaur, Centaure, Centauer, Centauros, Centaurus
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin centaurus.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /tsɛnˈtaʊ̯ər/, [t͡sɛnˈtaʊ̯.ɐ]
Audio (Germany (Berlin)): (file) - Rhymes: -aʊ̯ɐ
- Hyphenation: Zen‧taur
Noun
[edit]Zentaur m (weak, genitive Zentauren, plural Zentauren)
- (mythology) centaur
- 1914 [1900], Sigmund Freud, Die Traumdeutung [The Interpretation of Dreams], 4th edition, Leipzig; Wien: Franz Deuticke, page 241:
- Der psychische Vorgang bei der Mischbildung im Traume ist offenbar der nämliche, wie wenn wir im Wachen einen Zentauren oder Drachen uns vorstellen oder nachbilden.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (astronomy) Centaurus
Usage notes
[edit]- Zentaur and Kentaur are the forms preferred by most dictionaries. Actual usage varies widely.
Declension
[edit]Declension of Zentaur [masculine, weak]
Further reading
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- German terms borrowed from Latin
- German terms derived from Latin
- German 3-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Rhymes:German/aʊ̯ɐ
- Rhymes:German/aʊ̯ɐ/3 syllables
- German lemmas
- German nouns
- German weak nouns
- German masculine nouns
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