Benz

See also: benz and benz-

English

Etymology

From German Benz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛnz/
• Rhymes: -ɛnz

Proper noun

Benz (plural Benzes)

1. A surname from German.

Translations

surname

• German: Benz
• Marathi: बेंझ (beñjha)

Noun

Benz (plural Benzes)

1. (automotive, informal) Short for Mercedes-Benz.

   Synonyms: Merc, Mercedes, Mercedes-Benz

   • 2007, Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns, BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING (2018), page 110:

     It was a Benz, an unusual car in this neighborhood, blue with a thick white stripe bisecting the hood, the roof, and the trunk.

Chinese

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ben¹ si²
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): bêng⁵ si⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ben¹ si²
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ben¹ si²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɛːn⁵⁵ siː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bêng⁵ si⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pêng sĭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ si³⁵/

Proper noun

Benz

1. (Cantonese, Teochew) Mercedes-Benz (brand and car)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 奔馳 (“Mercedes-Benz”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		奔馳 Mainland China
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	賓士
	Singapore	賓士
Cantonese	Hong Kong	平治 formal, Benz

German

Distribution of Benzes in Germany

Alternative forms

• Bentz

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛnts/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Benz m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Benz' or (with an article) Benz, feminine genitive Benz, plural Benz or Benzes or Benzens)

1. a surname

Descendants

• → English: Benz

Noun

Benz m (strong, genitive Benzes, plural Benze)

1. (automotive, informal) Short for Mercedes-Benz; a Merc.

   Synonym: Mercedes

   • 2017, “Das Feeling ist sensational”, in Flash, performed by Fünf Sterne deluxe:

     Sonne geht unter, Herzschlag geht hoch / Steig in mein' Benz, fahr endlich los

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of Benz [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Benz	die	Benze
genitive	eines	des	Benzes	der	Benze
dative	einem	dem	Benz, Benze1	den	Benzen
accusative	einen	den	Benz	die	Benze

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

• “Benz” in Duden online