rezent
German
Etymology
Borrowed from LatinCategory:German terms borrowed from Latin#REZENTCategory:German terms derived from Latin#REZENT recēns.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁeˈt͡sɛnt/Category:German 2-syllable words#REZENTCategory:German terms with IPA pronunciation#REZENT
- Hyphenation: re‧zent
Category:German terms with audio pronunciation#REZENTAudio (Germany (Berlin)): (file)
Adjective
rezent (strong nominative masculine singular rezenter, comparative rezenter, superlative am rezentesten)Category:German lemmas#REZENTCategory:German adjectives#REZENTCategory:German entries with incorrect language header#REZENTCategory:Pages with entries#REZENTCategory:Pages with 1 entry#REZENT
- (literaryCategory:German literary terms#REZENT) recent; of or from a time not long ago
- Synonyms: zeitgenössisch, aktuell, kürzlich
- (biologyCategory:de:Biology#REZENT) extant
- (regionalCategory:Regional German#REZENT, SwitzerlandCategory:Switzerland German#REZENT, of food) savoury
- Synonym: pikant
Usage notes
- (recent): The normal German word for “recent, recently” is kürzlich, but this can only be used as an adjective with events: die kürzlichen Erfolge (“the recent successes”). Therefore rezent may be used with things: ein rezentes Lehnwort (“a recent loanword”). Outside of literary style, it is preferable to use kürzlich with some participle: ein kürzlich aufgenommenes Lehnwort (“a recently adopted loanword”).
Declension
Positive forms of rezent
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | er ist rezent | sie ist rezent | es ist rezent | sie sind rezent | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | rezenter | rezente | rezentes | rezente |
| genitive | rezenten | rezenter | rezenten | rezenter | |
| dative | rezentem | rezenter | rezentem | rezenten | |
| accusative | rezenten | rezente | rezentes | rezente | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der rezente | die rezente | das rezente | die rezenten |
| genitive | des rezenten | der rezenten | des rezenten | der rezenten | |
| dative | dem rezenten | der rezenten | dem rezenten | den rezenten | |
| accusative | den rezenten | die rezente | das rezente | die rezenten | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein rezenter | eine rezente | ein rezentes | (keine) rezenten |
| genitive | eines rezenten | einer rezenten | eines rezenten | (keiner) rezenten | |
| dative | einem rezenten | einer rezenten | einem rezenten | (keinen) rezenten | |
| accusative | einen rezenten | eine rezente | ein rezentes | (keine) rezenten | |
Comparative forms of rezent
Superlative forms of rezent
Further reading
- “rezent” in Duden online
Category:German 2-syllable words
Category:German adjectives
Category:German lemmas
Category:German literary terms
Category:German terms borrowed from Latin
Category:German terms derived from Latin
Category:German terms with IPA pronunciation
Category:German terms with audio pronunciation
Category:Pages with 1 entry
Category:Pages with entries
Category:Regional German
Category:Switzerland German
Category:de:Biology