Zigeuner
German (Berlin)
noun
Definitions
- (sometimes) Gypsy, member of the Roma, Romani person
- (sometimes) member of any of several other nomadic minorities
- (offensive) disorderly, lazy or dodgy person
- (offensive) bohemian; unconventional or nonconformist artist or writer
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German Cigäwnär.
Origin
Middle High German
Cigäwnär
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- tzigane English
- zigeuner English
- cigány Hungarian
- cigányasszony Hungarian
- cigánykerék Hungarian
- cigányok Hungarian
- cigánypecsenye Hungarian
- cigányság Hungarian
- zingaresco Italian
- zingaro Italian
- zigeuner Dutch, Flemish
- zigeunerfamilie Dutch, Flemish
- zigeunerin Dutch, Flemish
- tzigane French
- цыган Russian
- θιγγάνω Ancient Greek
- sigøjner Danish
- Cikán Czech
- cikánština Czech
- țigan Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- țigancă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- țigănesc Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- țigănie Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- τσιγγάνος Greek (modern)
- Çingene Turkish
- sigoyni Faroese
- Cigäwnär Middle High German
- צועני Hebrew (modern)
- 茨岡 Chinese
- циган Ukrainian
- цыга́н Belarusian
- τσιγγάνος gkm
- ἀθίγγανος gkm
- Ἀθίγγανος gkm