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German
Etymology
annähern (“to approach”) + -ung (“-ing”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈanˌnɛːəʁʊŋ/, (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
- IPA(key): /ˈanˌneːəʁʊŋ/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
- Hyphenation: An‧nä‧he‧rung
Noun
Annäherung f (genitive Annäherung, plural Annäherungen)
- approach (act of drawing near; access or opportunity of drawing near)
- (golf) approach (a stroke whose object is to land the ball on the putting green)
- (mathematics, engineering) approximation
Diese Annäherung ist für die Zwecke der Praxis hinreichend genau.- This approximation is sufficiently accurate for practical purposes.
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