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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/
- Hyphenation: Aus‧laut‧ver‧här‧tung
Noun
Auslautverhärtung f (genitive Auslautverhärtung, plural Auslautverhärtungen)
- (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. , betrifft. Sie lässt sich leicht erkennen, wenn man die Kurzform Kind mit der entsprechenden Langform, […]- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Declension of Auslautverhärtung
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