Zimmer

Etymology
From, from , from , from , from (see 🇨🇬). Cognate with 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) room separate part of a building, enclosed by walls, a floor and a ceiling
 * 2) * 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Orgelpfeifen, in: Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun. Verlag, page 19:
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- Die eigenen Zimmer hatten sich die Enkel nach persönlichem Geschmack eingerichtet.

Usage notes

 * is used of the rooms in a private dwelling, excluding cellar and loft unless they are furnished and used as a part of the dwelling, and usually also excluding passages, kitchens, larders, toilets, utility rooms, and the like (though a private bathroom is called ).
 * In collectively used dwellings such as hotels, shelters, or hospitals, is used chiefly of those rooms that are private to a small number of people (one to circa ten). In barracks, these are called ; in prisons,.
 * In the workplace, is less common, but it may be used e.g. of personal offices or rooms where clients are received.
 * Otherwise, is typically used. It is also the most general word which should be preferred in all cases of doubt. Using it for those rooms defined as  above is possible, but not always usual.

Etymology
From, from , from.

Noun

 * 1) room