Bindung

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German

Etymology

binden +‎ -ung

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɪndʊŋ/
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  • Hyphenation: Bin‧dung

Noun

Bindung f (genitive Bindung, plural Bindungen)

  1. bond, attachment
  2. commitment, obligation
  3. (chemistry) bond
  4. (linguistics) liaison, resyllabification across the word boundary, sandhi
    • 1930, B. Gaster, Langenscheidts Neues Wörterbuch der französischen und deutschen Sprache – Teil I Französisch-Deutsch, Berlin-Schöneberg: Langenscheidtsche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page XI:
      Unter „Bindung“ versteht man das Aussprechen des sonst stummen Endkonsonanten eines Wortes und die Verbindung desselben mit dem Anfangsvokal des folgenden Wortes, derart, daß beide Wörter wie ein Wort lauten.
      Liaison” is defined as the pronouncing of a word’s otherwise silent final consonant and the linking of this consonant to the initial vowel of the following word, such that both words sound as one word.

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