Zirkus

== German == === Alternative forms === Circus === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin circus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈt͡sɪʁkʊs/ === Noun === Zirkus m (strong, genitive Zirkus or Zirkusses, plural Zirkusse) (historical) circus (arena in Antiquity) circus (kind of entertainment show) (colloquial) exaggerated and annoying ado; airs; fuss, e.g. of a child, at an event, etc.; dog and pony show (colloquial, by extension) something complicated and annoying; rigmarole; chore ==== Usage notes ==== The genitive des Zirkusses is very rare. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Flohzirkus Zirkusschule Zirkusdirektor, Zirkusdirektorin ==== Descendants ==== → Kashubian: cyrkus → Russian: цирк (cirk) (see there for further descendants) === Further reading === “Zirkus” in Duden online “Zirkus”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)