Lazarett

German

Etymology

16th century, from Italian lazzaretto, in part through French lazaret.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /latsaˈrɛt/, [lät͡säˈʁɛt]

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

Lazarett n (strong, genitive Lazarettes or Lazaretts, plural Lazarette or Lazaretts)

1. (dated) any military hospital
2. a military hospital under war conditions
3. short for Feldlazarett (“field hospital”)
4. a similar non-military facility (usually after a natural disaster)

Declension

Declension of Lazarett [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Lazarett	die	Lazarette, Lazaretts
genitive	eines	des	Lazarettes, Lazaretts	der	Lazarette, Lazaretts
dative	einem	dem	Lazarett, Lazarette1	den	Lazaretten, Lazaretts
accusative	ein	das	Lazarett	die	Lazarette, Lazaretts

¹Now rare, see notes.

Synonyms

• (any military hospital): Militärkrankenhaus
• (hospital under war conditions): Kriegskrankenhaus
• (mobile non-military hospital): Behelfskrankenhaus

Further reading

• “Lazarett” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Lazarett” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Lazarett” in Duden online