Shoppingcenter
See also: shopping center and Shopping-Center
German
Alternative forms
- Shopping-Center
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English shopping center.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈʃɔpɪŋsɛntɐ]
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Noun
Shoppingcenter n (strong, genitive Shoppingcenters, plural Shoppingcenters)
- 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
- “Schreibung von Fremdwörtern aus dem Englischen [Spelling of loan words from English]”, in Duden (in German), Cornelsen Verlag GmbH, (please provide a date or year), archived from the original on 2023-01-20
Further reading
Shoppingcenter on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de- “Shoppingcenter” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Shoppingcenter” in Duden online
- “Shoppingcenter” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon