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German
Pronunciation
Noun
Auftakt m (strong, genitive Auftaktes or Auftakts, plural Auftakte)
- (prosody) anacrusis (an unstressed syllable at the start of a verse)
- (musical) anacrusis
- Synonym: Aufschlag
- kick-off (opening sequence of any event)
- Synonyms: Beginn, Eröffnung
Declension
Further reading
- “Auftakt” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Auftakt” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Auftakt” in Duden online