Matratze
German
Etymology
From Middle High German materaz, from Old French materas, from Arabic مَطْرَح (maṭraḥ). The modern German form was influenced by older Italian materazzo and/or Medieval Latin matracium, from the same Arabic source. (The Old French form may have been borrowed via Italian, too.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maˈtʁatsə/
Matratze (file) Audio (file) - Rhymes: -atsə
Noun
Matratze f (genitive Matratze, plural Matratzen)
- mattress (a pad often of soft cushiony material for sleeping on)
- (vulgar, derogatory slang) a promiscuous woman; whore; slut
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- Matratze in Duden online
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