Zentrum
German
Alternative forms
- Centrum (pre-1901)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin centrum (“centre”), from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron, “centre of a circle, thorn”).
Pronunciation
Noun
Zentrum n (genitive Zentrums, plural Zentren)
- center, centre; central point
- Synonyms: Mitte, Mittelpunkt, Kern, Hauptsache
- Antonyms: Rand, Hülle, Oberfläche, Peripherie, Nebensache
- (politics) the centre, the moderate political parties
- (politics) the Centre Party, a Catholic political party in pre-war Germany
- (mathematics) the centre of a group, ring, Lie algebra, etc.
- (chess) the spaces d4, d5, e4, e5 on a chessboard
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- “Zentrum” in Duden online
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Pronunciation
Noun
Zentrum n (plural Zentre)
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