Spaghetti
التعريفات والمعاني
== German ==
=== Alternative forms ===
Spagetti (Germanized spelling, 1996 spelling reform, deprecated since 2024)
Spaghetto (very rare, jocular)
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Italian spaghetti.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ʃpaˈɡɛti/, /spaˈɡɛti/
=== Noun ===
Spaghetti f (genitive Spaghetti, plural Spaghettis or Spaghetti)
(usually in the plural) 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.
2015, Clannon Miller, Back & Beyond: Roman, p. 113 (as neuter):
==== 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 derogatory sense “Italian people”; in the normal sense it is rare.
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
Spaghettifresser
=== Noun ===
Spaghetti m (strong, genitive Spaghettis or Spaghetti, plural Spaghettis)
(derogatory, ethnic slur, dated) wop (person of Italian descent)
Synonyms: (dated) Spaghettifresser, (dated) Katzelmacher
==== Declension ====
=== Further reading ===
“Spaghetti” in Duden online
“Spaghetti” in Duden online
“Spaghetti” in Duden online
Spaghetti on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
== Italian ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /spaˈɡet.ti/
Homophone: spaghetti
Rhymes: -etti
=== Proper noun ===
Spaghetti m or f by sense
a surname
=== Further reading ===
Stefano Ravara (2015–2026), Mappa dei Cognomi[2]