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German
Etymology
From benommen + -heit.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: Be‧nom‧men‧heit
Noun
Benommenheit f (genitive Benommenheit, no plural)
- light-headedness
- dizziness
1912, Thomas Mann, Der Tod in Venedig [Death in Venice], München: Hyperionverlag, →OCLC:Aschenbach sah ihm mit finsteren Brauen zu, und wiederum kam ein Gefühl von Benommenheit ihn an, so, als zeige die Welt eine leichte, doch nicht zu hemmende Neigung, sich ins Sonderbare und Fratzenhafte zu entstellen; […]- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Declension of Benommenheit
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