Zuckerwatte

German

Etymology

From Zucker (“sugar”) +‎ Watte (“cotton wool”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtsʊkərˌvatə/, [ˈt͡sʊ.kɐˌva.tə], [-ˌʋa-], (southern also) [ˈt͡su-], [-tɛ]

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• Hyphenation: Zu‧cker‧wat‧te; (pre-1996) Zuk‧ker‧wat‧te

Noun

Zuckerwatte f (genitive Zuckerwatte, plural (sorts or servings) Zuckerwatten) (usually uncountable)

1. cotton candy, candy floss, fairy floss

Declension

Declension of Zuckerwatte [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Zuckerwatte	die	Zuckerwatten
genitive	einer	der	Zuckerwatte	der	Zuckerwatten
dative	einer	der	Zuckerwatte	den	Zuckerwatten
accusative	eine	die	Zuckerwatte	die	Zuckerwatten

Further reading

• “Zuckerwatte”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)
• “Zuckerwatte” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Zuckerwatte” in Duden online