Stafette
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German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Italian staffetta.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Stafette f (genitive Stafette, plural Stafetten)
- (historical) courier
- relay (series of vehicles travelling in sequence)
- (dated) Synonym of Staffel
- (sports, dated outside Switzerland) Synonym of Staffellauf (“relay race”)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Stafette [feminine]
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Stafette” in Duden online
- “Stafette” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Staffette” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.