Genette

See also: genette

German

Genette

Etymology

Borrowed from French genette, from Spanish jineta, from Andalusian Arabic زَنَاتِي (zanáti).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʒəˈnɛt(ə)/
Hyphenation: Ge‧ne‧tte

Noun

Genette f (genitive Genette, plural Genetten)

genet (any mammal of the genus Genetta)
Synonym: Ginsterkatze

Declension

Declension of Genette [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Genette	die	Genetten
genitive	einer	der	Genette	der	Genetten
dative	einer	der	Genette	den	Genetten
accusative	eine	die	Genette	die	Genetten

Descendants

→ Russian: ено́т (jenót)
- → Armenian: ենոտ (enot)
- → Georgian: ენოტი (enoṭi)
  - → Mingrelian: ენოტი (enoṭi)
- → Kildin Sami: энот (enot)
- → Polish: jenot
  - → Kashubian: jenot
- → Romanian: enot

Further reading

“Genette” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Genette” in Duden online
“Genette”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–
“Genette” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

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