rezent

German

Etymology

Borrowed from LatinCategory:German terms borrowed from Latin#REZENTCategory:German terms derived from Latin#REZENT recēns.

Pronunciation

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

  1. (literaryCategory:German literary terms#REZENT) recent; of or from a time not long ago
    Synonyms: zeitgenössisch, aktuell, kürzlich
  2. (biologyCategory:de:Biology#REZENT) extant
  3. (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

Further reading

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