Benz

See also: benz and benz-

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Benz

Wikipedia

Etymology

From German Benz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛnz/
• Rhymes: -ɛnz

Proper noun

Benz (plural Benzes)

1. A surname from German.

Translations

surname

Chinese: Mandarin: 本茨 (zh) (Běncí) (from German) German: Benz Marathi: बेंझ (beñjha) Polish: Benz m or f

Noun

Benz (plural Benzes)

1. (automotive, informal) Ellipsis of 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

Alternative forms

• (Cantonese) Ben屎
• (Taiwanese Hokkien) Bèn-juh, Biàn-juh, Bèn-luh, Biàn-luh, Bèn-lù, Bián-juh, 賓士 / 宾士

Etymology

From English Benz.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ben¹ si²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Bèn-juh / Bèn-luh

  (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
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bèn-juh
    • Tâi-lô: Bèn-juh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: beanjuq
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ zuʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bèn-luh
    • Tâi-lô: Bèn-luh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: beanluq
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /bɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ luʔ³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bêng⁵ si⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pêng sĭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ si³⁵/

Proper noun

Benz

1. (Cantonese, Taiwanese Hokkien, Teochew) Mercedes-Benz (brand and car) (Classifier: 架 c; 部 c; 臺／台 mn; 隻／只 mn)

   Benz雄 [Hong Kong Cantonese]  ―  ben¹ si² hung⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  nickname of Benz Hui

   • 1980, “搵嘢做”, in 許冠傑 [Sam Hui], 黎彼得 [Peter Lai] (lyrics), 念奴嬌, performed by 許冠傑 [Sam Hui]:

     快去奮鬥你實會攀得高　你要坐Benz靠自己個腦 [Cantonese, trad.]
     快去奋斗你实会攀得高　你要坐Benz靠自己个脑 [Cantonese, simp.]

     faai³ heoi³ fan⁵ dau³ nei⁵ sat⁶ wui⁵ paan¹ dak¹ gou¹, nei⁵ jiu³ co⁵ ben¹ si² kaau³ zi⁶ gei² go³ nou⁵ [Jyutping]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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

German Wikipedia has an article on:

Benz

Wikipedia ^de

Alternative forms

• Bentz

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛnts/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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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
• → Chinese: 本茨 (Běncí) (transliteration)

Noun

Benz m (strong, genitive Benzes, plural Benze)

1. (automotive, informal) ellipsis of 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