Schokolade

German

Alternative forms

Chocolade, Chokolade (now rare)

Etymology

Borrowed from French chocolat, from Spanish chocolate, from Classical Nahuatl, where the ultimate etymology is unclear.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃokoˈlaːdə/
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Rhymes: -aːdə

Noun

Schokolade f (genitive Schokolade, plural Schokoladen)

chocolate (food made from ground roasted cocoa beans)
Synonym: (Switzerland) Schoggi
cocoa drink

Declension

Declension of Schokolade [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Schokolade	die	Schokoladen
genitive	einer	der	Schokolade	der	Schokoladen
dative	einer	der	Schokolade	den	Schokoladen
accusative	eine	die	Schokolade	die	Schokoladen

Derived terms

Eisschokolade
heiße Schokolade
Milchschokolade
schokoladen
Schokoladeneis
Schokoladenseite
Schokoladenzigarette
Weißschokolade

Descendants

→ Norwegian Bokmål: sjokolade

Further reading

“Schokolade” in Duden online
“Schokolade” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Schokolade” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
Schokolade on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

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