Zylinder

German

Alternative forms

• Cylinder (obsolete)

Etymology

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Ancient Greek κῠ́λινδρος (kŭ́lindros)bor.

Latin cylindrusbor.

German Zylinder

Borrowed from Latin cylindrus, from Ancient Greek κῠ́λινδρος (kŭ́lindros).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡syˈlɪndɐ/, /t͡siˈlɪndɐ/

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• Rhymes: -ɪndɐ
• Hyphenation: Zy‧lin‧der

Noun

Zylinder m (strong, genitive Zylinders, plural Zylinder)

1. cylinder
2. top hat

Declension

Declension of Zylinder [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Zylinder	die	Zylinder
genitive	eines	des	Zylinders	der	Zylinder
dative	einem	dem	Zylinder	den	Zylindern
accusative	einen	den	Zylinder	die	Zylinder

Derived terms

• die Zylinder spielen lassen
• Kalander
• mit Frack und Zylinder
• Zylinderhut
• zylindrisch

Descendants

• → Russian: цилиндр (cilindr)
  • → Mongolian: цилиндр (cilindr)
  • → Uyghur: سىلىندىر (silindir)
• → Ukrainian: циліндр (cylindr)
• → Yiddish: צילינדער (tsilinder)

Further reading

• “Zylinder” in Duden online
• “Zylinder” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Zylinder” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Latin cylindrus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡silindɐ/

Noun

Zylinder m (plural Zylinder)

1. cylinder
2. top hat