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German
Etymology
From prägen.
Pronunciation
Noun
Gepräge n (strong, genitive Gepräges, plural Gepräge)
- (numismatics) imprint
- (figurative, uncountable) character, cachet
1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 1, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 157:Lüsterjacken und leinene Anzüge waren aufgetaucht, und Joachim Ziemßen hatte elfenbeinfarbene Flanellhosen zu seinem blauen Rock getragen, eine Zusammenstellung, die seiner Erscheinung ein vollständig militärisches Gepräge verlieh.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Further reading
- “Gepräge” in Duden online
- “Gepräge” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache