Stafette

German

Alternative forms

  • Staffette (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian staffetta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃtaˈfɛtə/

Noun

Stafette f (genitive Stafette, plural Stafetten)

  1. (historical) courier
  2. relay (series of vehicles travelling in sequence)
  3. (dated) synonym of Staffel
  4. (sports, dated outside Switzerland) synonym of Staffellauf (“relay race”)

Declension

Declension of Stafette [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Stafette die Stafetten
genitive einer der Stafette der Stafetten
dative einer der Stafette den Stafetten
accusative eine die Stafette die Stafetten

Descendants

  • → Bulgarian: щафета (štafeta)
  • → Czech: štafeta
  • → Hungarian: staféta
  • → Polish: sztafeta
  • → Romanian: ștafetă
  • → Serbo-Croatian: štaféta / штафе́та
  • → Yiddish: שטאַפֿעט (shtafet)

Further reading

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