Zitat

German

Alternative forms

• Citat (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin citātum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡siˈtaːt/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aːt

Noun

Zitat n (strong, genitive Zitates or Zitats, plural Zitate)

1. quotation

Declension

Declension of Zitat [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Zitat	die	Zitate
genitive	eines	des	Zitates, Zitats	der	Zitate
dative	einem	dem	Zitat, Zitate1	den	Zitaten
accusative	ein	das	Zitat	die	Zitate

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• Prophetenzitat
• Zitatwort

Related terms

• zitieren

Descendants

• → Georgian: ციტატა (ciṭaṭa)
• → Greek: τσιτάτο (tsitáto) (learned)
• → Polish: cytat
• → Russian: цитата (citata)
• → Ukrainian: цитата (cytata)

Further reading

• “Zitat”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)
• “Zitat” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Zitat” in Duden online
• Zitat on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de