# der Zigeuner

der Zigeuner is a German noun meaning “Gypsy”. Forms: des Zigeuners, die Zigeuner.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Zigeuners
- Plural: die Zigeuner

## In other languages

- Русский: цыган
- Українська: циган

## Meanings

1. _offensive_ Gypsy, member of the Roma, Romani person
2. _offensive_ member of any of several other nomadic minorities
3. _offensive_ disorderly, lazy or dodgy person
4. _offensive_ bohemian; unconventional or nonconformist artist or writer
5. _derogatory_ Gypsy / gypsy ( Gipsy / gipsy ), Tzigane / tzigane
   - „Juden, Armenier und Zigeuner wohnen bei anderen Völkern gleichsam zur Miete.“

## Examples

- Die Zigeuner tanzten um das Freudenfeuer herum. — The gypsies danced around the bonfire.
- Er hatte keine Freunde außer den umherfahrenden Zigeunern. — He had no friends at all save the wandering gypsies.

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