Maggi

See also: maggi

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmæɡi/

Etymology 1

Genericized from the name of the company and product, which was named after Swiss entrepreneur Julius Maggi.

Noun

Maggi (countable and uncountable, plural Maggis)

1. (India, Manglish, Singlish) Any type of instant noodles.
   • 2021, Syed Arshad, If It's Not Love, Blue Rose Publishers, page 132:

     “So, how was your day?”
     “Good”, [Ada] said, “I slept, I ate Maggi for lunch and watched my Shahrukh’s RNBDJ”
     “Surinder Sahni?” [Aarav] laughed, “nice movie isn’t it?”
     “Amazing!”

2. (Nigeria) Any commercially made bouillon cube

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian Maggi.

Proper noun

Maggi (plural Maggis)

1. A surname from Italian.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Maggi is the 18671^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1473 individuals. Maggi is most common among White (90.36%) individuals.

German

das Maggi

Etymology

Named after Swiss entrepreneur and inventor Julius Maggi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɡi/ (Germany)
• IPA^(key): /ˈmaːdʒi/ (Switzerland)

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• Hyphenation: Mag‧gi
• Rhymes: -aɡi

Noun

Maggi n (strong, genitive Maggis or Maggi, no plural)

1. (cooking) a dark, soy sauce-type hydrolysed vegetable protein-based condiment sauce

   Synonym: Maggi-Würze

Declension

Declension of Maggi [sg-only, neuter, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Maggi
genitive	eines	des	Maggis, Maggi
dative	einem	dem	Maggi
accusative	ein	das	Maggi

Derived terms

• Maggikraut

Further reading

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

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmacːɪ/
• Rhymes: -acːɪ

Proper noun

Maggi m (proper noun, genitive singular Magga)

1. a diminutive of the male given name Magnús

Declension

Declension of Maggi (sg-only masculine)

indefinite singular
nominative	Maggi
accusative	Magga
dative	Magga
genitive	Magga

Italian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmad.d͡ʒi/
• Rhymes: -addʒi
• Hyphenation: Màg‧gi

Proper noun

Maggi m or f by sense

1. a surname