Spaghetti

See also: spaghetti

German

Alternative forms
  • Spagetti (Germanicised spelling)
  • Spaghetto (very rare, jocular)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian spaghetti.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃpaˈɡɛti/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

Spaghetti f (genitive Spaghetti, plural Spaghetti or Spaghettis)

  1. spaghetti
    Spaghetti sind mein Lieblingsessen.
    Spaghetti is my favourite dish.
    Diese Spaghetti ist auf den Boden gefallen.
    This [strand of] spaghetti fell on the floor.
  2. (derogatory) an Italian

Usage notes
  • Singular usage is frowned upon by some. It is, however, quite common in colloquial German and beyond.
  • The plural Spaghettis is used in the degoratory sense “Italian people”; in the normal sense it is rare.

Declension
Declension of Spaghetti
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Spaghetti die Spaghetti
genitive einer der Spaghetti der Spaghetti
dative einer der Spaghetti den Spaghetti
accusative eine die Spaghetti die Spaghetti
Declension of Spaghetti
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Spaghetti die Spaghettis
genitive einer der Spaghetti der Spaghettis
dative einer der Spaghetti den Spaghettis
accusative eine die Spaghetti die Spaghettis

Further reading
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