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German
Etymology
From Middle High German fazzunge, vazzunge, from Old High German fazzunga, equivalent to fassen + -ung. Cognate with Middle Low German vātinge.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfasʊŋ/
- Hyphenation: Fas‧sung
Noun
Fassung f (genitive Fassung, plural Fassungen)
- a device which holds something else, e.g. a socket for a lightbulb, the setting of a jewel etc.
- version
Der Autor hat eine neue Fassung des Stückes geschrieben, da die erste kein Erfolg war.- The author has written a new version of the play, since the first one was no success.
- composure, self-control
- die Fassung verlieren ― to lose one’s composure, get uncontrollably angry
- die Fassung bewahren ― to keep one’s composure, to suppress one’s emotions
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Further reading
- “Fassung” in Duden online
- “Fassung” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache