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German
Etymology
Ultimately from the same Ancient Greek word for "amber" as electron.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /elɛktʁitsiˈtɛːt/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
- IPA(key): /-ˈteːt/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
- Hyphenation: Elek‧tri‧zi‧tät
Noun
Elektrizität f (genitive Elektrizität, no plural)
- electricity
- 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Orgelpfeifen, in: Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun. Verlag, page 53:
Öllämpchen brannte niemand mehr. Zuerst waren sie durch Petroleum und Gas ersetzt worden, dann war die Elektrizität gekommen, vor deren Helligkeit jedes andere Licht als kärglicher Notbehelf erschien.- Nobody burnt little oil lamps anymore. First they had been replaced by kerosene and gas, then the electricity had come, the brightness of which made each other light look like a meager makeshift.
Declension
Declension of Elektrizität
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