Shoppingcenter

See also: shopping center and Shopping-Center

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English shopping center.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʃɔpɪŋsɛntɐ]
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Noun

Shoppingcenter n (strong, genitive Shoppingcenters, plural Shoppingcenters)

  1. shopping center

Usage notes

  • The Duden prescribes that unadapted borrowings from English consisting of two nouns be written solid (Shoppingcenter) or, if it improves legibility, hyphenated (Shopping-Center). The spaced spelling (Shopping Center) is proscribed.[1]

Declension

Declension of Shoppingcenter [neuter, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Shoppingcenter die Shoppingcenters
genitive eines des Shoppingcenters der Shoppingcenters
dative einem dem Shoppingcenter den Shoppingcenters
accusative ein das Shoppingcenter die Shoppingcenters

References

  1. ^ “Schreibung von Fremdwörtern aus dem Englischen [Spelling of loan words from English]”, in Duden‎[1] (in German), Cornelsen Verlag GmbH, (Can we date this quote?), archived from the original on 20 January 2023

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