Cardigan

See also: cardigan and cárdigan

English

Etymology

Anglicized from Welsh Ceredigion (“Ceredig's Island”)

Proper noun

Cardigan

A town in Ceredigion, Wales.
A surname.

Derived terms

cardigan (eponym)
Cardigan Bay (large body of water in Wales)
Cardiganshire (present-day Ceredigion)

Translations

town in Wales

Chinese:
Mandarin: 卡迪根 (Kǎdígēn)
French:
Old French: Caradigan
Welsh: Aberteifi (cy)

Anagrams

Draganić, arcading, carangid

German

Etymology

English cardigan

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkaʁd̪iɡan/
Audio (file)

Noun

Cardigan m (strong, genitive Cardigans, plural Cardigans)

cardigan
Synonyms: Strickjacke, Strickweste

Coordinate terms: Pullover, Pullunder

Declension

Declension of Cardigan [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Cardigan	die	Cardigans
genitive	eines	des	Cardigans	der	Cardigans
dative	einem	dem	Cardigan	den	Cardigans
accusative	einen	den	Cardigan	die	Cardigans

Further reading

“Cardigan” in Duden online
“Cardigan” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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