Auslautverhärtung

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German

Etymology

From Auslaut (last sound of a word) +‎ verhärten (to harden) +‎ -ung, literally hardening of the last sound.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaʊ̯slaʊ̯tfɛɐ̯ˌhɛʁtʊŋ/
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  • Hyphenation: Aus‧laut‧ver‧här‧tung

Noun

Examples (German)
  • lieber /liːbɐ/lieb /liːp/
  • Tage /taːɡə/Tag /tɑːk/
  • seid (you are) / seit (since) /zaɪ̯t/
  • Rad (wheel) / Rat (advice) /raːt/

Auslautverhärtung f (genitive Auslautverhärtung, plural Auslautverhärtungen)

  1. (linguistics) final obstruent devoicing
    • 2007, Peter Eisenberg, Wahrig, Grundregeln der deutschen Rechtschreibung: die deutsche Orthografie auf einen Blick, wissenmedia Verlag, →ISBN, page 20:
      Die Auslautverhärtung ist ein typisches Phänomen der deutschen Sprache, das stimmhafte Konsonanten wie z.B. [d], [g] betrifft. Sie lässt sich leicht erkennen, wenn man die Kurzform Kind mit der entsprechenden Langform, []
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

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