Abruzzen
German
Etymology
From Italian Abruzzi + -en. Italian uses both singular (l’Abruzzo) and plural (gli Abruzzi) alongside. Compare also French les Abruzzes, Dutch de Abruzzen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈbrʊtsən/, [ʔaˈbʁʊ.t͡sn̩]
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
die Abruzzen pl (proper noun, plural only, usually definite)
- Abruzzo (an administrative region in central Italy)
- Die Abruzzen sind eine der zwanzig italienischen Regionen.
- Abruzzo is one of the twenty Italian regions.
See also
Further reading
- “Abruzzen” in Duden online