Zement

German

Alternative forms

Cement, Ciment, Ziment, Cäment, Zäment (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle High German cē̆ment, byform of more common cī̆ment(e), z-, from Old French ciment, cement, from Latin caementum.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tseˈmɛnt/, [t͡seˈmɛnt], [t͡sə-]
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Noun

Zement m (strong, genitive Zements or Zementes, plural Zemente)

(construction) cement
(anatomy) cementum

Declension

Declension of Zement [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Zement	die	Zemente
genitive	eines	des	Zements, Zementes	der	Zemente
dative	einem	dem	Zement, Zemente¹	den	Zementen
accusative	einen	den	Zement	die	Zemente

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

zementen
zementieren

Descendants

→ Macedonian: цеме́нт (cemént)
→ Polish: cement
→ Russian: цеме́нт (cemént) (see there for further descendants)
→ Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic script: цѐмент

Latin script: cèment

Further reading

“Zement” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Zement on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

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