Zinseszins

German

Etymology

Zins (“interest”) +‎ -es- +‎ Zins, literally “interest of interest”. First attested in the dictionary by Kaspar von Stieler (1691), with the gloss "zins auf zins anatocismus, usura usurarum".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtsɪnzəsˌtsɪns/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Zin‧ses‧zins

Noun

Zinseszins m (mixed, genitive Zinseszinses, plural Zinseszinsen)

  1. (banking, finance) compound interest

Further reading

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