"China" meaning in German

See China in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈçiːna/, [ˈkiːna], [ˈʃiːna], [ˈxiːna] Audio: De-at-China.ogg , De-China.ogg
Etymology: From Persian چینی (čini, “Chinese; porcelain”), compound of چین (čin, “China”) and the suffix ـی (-i), from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭩𐭭 (čīn, “China”), ultimately from Sanskrit चीन (cīna). Etymology templates: {{der|de|fa|چینی||Chinese; porcelain|tr=čini}} Persian چینی (čini, “Chinese; porcelain”), {{m|fa|چین||China|tr=čin}} چین (čin, “China”), {{m|fa|ی|ـی|tr=-i}} ـی (-i), {{der|de|pal|𐭰𐭩𐭭||China|tr=čīn}} Middle Persian 𐭰𐭩𐭭 (čīn, “China”), {{der|de|sa|चीन}} Sanskrit चीन (cīna) Head templates: {{de-proper noun|toponym,,-}} China n (proper noun, genitive Chinas or (optionally with an article) China, plural China) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n,s:-,-}} Forms: Chinas [genitive], China [genitive, with-article], China [plural], strong [table-tags], China [nominative, singular], China [definite, nominative, plural], Chinas [genitive, singular], China [genitive, singular], China [definite, genitive, plural], China [dative, singular], China [dative, definite, plural], China [accusative, singular], China [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. China (a country in East Asia) Wikipedia link: de:China Tags: neuter, proper-noun Categories (place): China, Countries, Countries in Asia

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for China meaning in German (4.4kB)

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