Zinnober
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German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- Cinnober (obsolete)
Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German zinober, from Old French cinobre, from Latin cinnabaris, from Ancient Greek κιννάβαρι (kinnábari).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Zinnober m (strong, genitive Zinnobers, plural Zinnober)
- (mineralogy) cinnabar
- Synonym: Cinnabit
- (Can we date this quote?), Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Sämmtliche Werke, published 1858, page 177:
- Es ist auch nur ein Zinnober, der sich aber der Purpurfarbe nähert, und es läßt sich vermuthen, daß man durch Alkalien ihn der Culmination näher zu bringen sucht.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (colloquial) something worthless, a questionable activity, effort or item
- 2017 November 10, Patrik Schwarz, “Kirche voll – toll!”, in Die Zeit[1]:
- 500 Jahre Reformation, zehn Jahre Lutherdekade, ein Jahr Reformationsjubiläum – war all der Zinnober am Ende doch zu etwas gut?
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Zinnober [masculine, strong]
Further reading
[edit]- “Zinnober” in Duden online
- “Zinnober” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Zinnober”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
- Zinnober on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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