Benzin

See also: benzin and benzín

German

Etymology

Coined by German chemist Eilhard Mitscherlich in 1833 from Benzoe +‎ -in.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛnˈt͡siːn/

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Noun

Benzin n (strong, genitive Benzins, plural Benzine)

1. petrol, gasoline

   Synonym: (colloquial) Sprit

Declension

Declension of Benzin [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Benzin	die	Benzine
genitive	eines	des	Benzins	der	Benzine
dative	einem	dem	Benzin	den	Benzinen
accusative	ein	das	Benzin	die	Benzine

Derived terms

• Benzinkutsche
• Benzintank

Related terms

• Benzoe
• Benzol
• Benzen

Descendants

• → Iraqi Arabic: بنزين
• → Hijazi Arabic: بنزين
• → Catalan: benzina
• → Danish: benzin
• → Dutch: benzine
• → Esperanto: benzino
• → French: benzine f
  • → Greek: βενζίνη f (venzíni)
  • → Polish: benzyna f
  • → Romanian: benzină f
  • → Turkish: benzin
  • → Ukrainian: бензи́н (benzýn)
• → Hungarian: benzin
• → Italian: benzina f
• → Portuguese: benzina f
• → Russian: бензин m (benzin)
  • → Armenian: բենզին (benzin)
  • → Azerbaijani: benzin
  • → Bezhta: бензин (benzin)
  • → Georgian: ბენზინი (benzini)
  • → Kazakh: бензин (benzin)
  • → Kyrgyz: бензин (benzin)
  • → Hebrew: בנזין (benzín)
  • → Mongolian: бензин (benzin)
  • → Tajik: бензин (benzin)
  • → Turkmen: benzin
  • → Uzbek: benzin
  • → Yakut: бензин (benzin)
  • → Yiddish: בענזין (benzin)
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: бѐнзӣн m

  Latin script: bènzīn m

• → Spanish: bencina
• → Swedish: bensin

Further reading

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