Zitrone

German

Alternative forms

Citrone (obsolete)

Etymology

15th century, from Italian citrone (older variant of cedro) as well as Middle French citron, derived from Latin citrus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡siˈtʁoːnə/
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Hyphenation: Zi‧tro‧ne

Noun

Zitrone f (genitive Zitrone, plural Zitronen, diminutive Zitrönchen n)

lemon (fruit)
Synonym: (rare) Sauerzitrone
- 1910, Frances Külpe, Rote Tage, S. Schottländers Schlesische Verlagsanstalt, page 10:
  „Ich bitte um ein Glas Tee mit Zitrone,“ sagte das Fräulein kurz.
  "I ask for a glass of tea with lemon," said the young woman briefly.
lemonade (still beverage)

Declension

Declension of Zitrone [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Zitrone	die	Zitronen
genitive	einer	der	Zitrone	der	Zitronen
dative	einer	der	Zitrone	den	Zitronen
accusative	eine	die	Zitrone	die	Zitronen

Hypernyms

Zitrusfrucht

Hyponyms

Derived terms

zitronenartig
zitronig

Related terms

Zitronenbaum, Zitroneneis, Zitronenfalter, Zitronengurke, Zitronenlimonade, Zitronenmelisse
Zitronenpresse, Zitronensaft, Zitronenschale, Zitronensäure, Zitronenstrauch, Zitronenzeisig

Descendants

→ Czech: citron
→ Kashubian: cytróna
→ Silesian: citrōna
→ Slovincian: cytróna
→ Lower Sorbian: citrona
→ Upper Sorbian: citrona

Further reading

“Zitrone” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Zitrone” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
“Zitrone” in Duden online
Zitrone on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡sitˈroːnə/
Rhymes: -oːnə
Syllabification: Zi‧tro‧ne

Noun

Zitrone f

plural of Zitron