Marzipan

See also: marzipan

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian marzapane. See English marzipan for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaʁ.tsiˌpaːn/, /ˌmaʁ.tsiˈpaːn/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aːn

Noun

Marzipan n or (also in southern Germany and especially Austria) m (strong, genitive Marzipans, plural (rare, referring to different types) Marzipane)

1. (generally uncountable) marzipan

Usage notes

• The word is exclusively neuter in northern and central Germany. In the southern half of the language area the masculine is also used, particularly in Austria.
• The plural is only used to refer to different kinds of marzipan.

Declension

Declension of Marzipan [neuter // masculine (also in southern Germany and especially Austria), strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das, der	Marzipan	die	Marzipane1
genitive	eines	des	Marzipans	der	Marzipane1
dative	einem	dem	Marzipan	den	Marzipanen1
accusative	ein, einen	das, den	Marzipan	die	Marzipane1

¹Rare, referring to different types.

Derived terms

• Marzipankartoffel

Descendants

• Czech: marcipán
• Danish: marcipan
• English: marzipan
• Hebrew: מרציפן (martsipán)
• Hungarian: marcipán
• Norwegian: marsipan
• Romanian: marțipan
• Russian: марципан (marcipan)
• Serbo-Croatian: марципан, marcipan
• Swedish: marsipan

Further reading

• Marzipan on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Marzipan” in Duden online