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German
Etymology
beschaffen (“constituted, conditioned”) + -heit
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bəˈʃafn̩haɪ̯t/
- Hyphenation: Be‧schaf‧fen‧heit
Noun
Beschaffenheit f (genitive Beschaffenheit, plural Beschaffenheiten)
- state, condition, property
Declension
Declension of Beschaffenheit
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