Abruzzen

German

Etymology

From Italian Abruzzi +‎ -en. Italian uses both singular (l’Abruzzo) and plural (gli Abruzzi) alongside. Compare also French les Abruzzes, Dutch de Abruzzen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈbrʊtsən/, [ʔaˈbʁʊ.t͡sn̩]

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

die Abruzzen pl (proper noun, plural only, usually definite)

1. Abruzzo (an administrative region in central Italy)

   Die Abruzzen sind eine der zwanzig italienischen Regionen.

   Abruzzo is one of the twenty Italian regions.

See also

regions of Italy: italienische Regionenedit

• Abruzzen
• Aostatal
• Apulien
• Basilikata
• Emilia-Romagna
• Friaul-Julisch Venetien
• Kalabrien
• Kampanien
• Latium
• Ligurien
• Lombardei
• Marken
• Molise
• Piemont
• Sardinien
• Sizilien
• Toskana
• Trentino-Südtirol
• Umbrien
• Venetien

Further reading

• “Abruzzen” in Duden online