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Zone

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See also: zone, zoné, zône, zonë, and żonę

German

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtsoːnə/
  • Audio:(file)

Etymology 1

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Borrowed, partially via French zone, from Latin zona, from Ancient Greek ζώνη (zṓnē, “belt”).

Noun

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Zone f (genitive Zone, plural Zonen)

  1. zone
Declension
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Declension of Zone [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Zone die Zonen
genitive einer der Zone der Zonen
dative einer der Zone den Zonen
accusative eine die Zone die Zonen
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • → Kashubian: cona

Etymology 2

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Short for Sowjetische Besatzungszone (“Soviet occupation zone”), the common West German name for the GDR before 1970 (and a colloquial name after it).

Proper noun

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Zone f (proper noun, genitive Zone)

  1. (historical, chiefly informal, often derogatory) the German Democratic Republic (GDR)
    Synonyms: DDR, Ostzone
Declension
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Declension of Zone [sg-only, feminine]
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative eine die Zone
genitive einer der Zone
dative einer der Zone
accusative eine die Zone
Derived terms
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Further reading

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

Latin

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ζώνη (Zṓnē).

Proper noun

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Zōnē f sg (genitive Zōnēs); first declension

  1. a promontory on the southern coast of Thrace
  2. a town on this promontory
Declension
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First-declension noun (Greek-type), with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Zōnē
genitive Zōnēs
dative Zōnae
accusative Zōnēn
ablative Zōnē
vocative Zōnē
locative Zōnae

References

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  • Zone in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “Zone”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Etymology 2

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Vocative Singular of Zonus

Proper noun

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Zone m

  1. vocative singular of Zonus
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