Magazin

See also: magazin

German

Etymology

From Italian magazzino (“warehouse”), from Arabic مَخْزَن (maḵzan, “warehouse”) and its plural مَخازِن (maḵāzin). The military senses are from French magasin, the sense “periodical” from English magazine, both from the same Italian and Arabic sources.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /maɡaˈtsiːn/
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Hyphenation: Ma‧ga‧zin

Noun

Magazin n (strong, genitive Magazines or Magazins, plural Magazine)

magazine (periodical)
warehouse
storage (especially in a library or museum)
magazine (ammunition storehouse)
magazine (weapon’s ammunition holder)

Declension

Declension of Magazin [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Magazin	die	Magazine
genitive	eines	des	Magazines, Magazins	der	Magazine
dative	einem	dem	Magazin, Magazine¹	den	Magazinen
accusative	ein	das	Magazin	die	Magazine

¹Now rare, see notes.

Synonyms

(ammunition storehouse):: Munitionslager
(periodical):: Zeitschrift

Hyponyms

Hochglanzmagazin, Russenmagazin, Werbemagazin, Wissenschaftsmagazin

Descendants

→ Bulgarian: магазин (magazin)
→ Hungarian: magazin
→ Macedonian: магацин (magacin)
→ Polish: magazyn
→ Russian: магазин (magazin) (see there for further descendants)
→ Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic script: магацин

Latin script: magacin
→ Ukrainian: магазин (mahazyn)

Further reading

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

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