Instabilität
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German
Etymology
Equivalent to instabil + -ität.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɪnʃtabiliˈtɛːt/, , , , (less often) /ˌɪnsta-/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: In‧sta‧bi‧li‧tät
Noun
Instabilität f (genitive Instabilität, plural (rare) Instabilitäten)
- instability
- quality of not being properly fixed, likely to fall
- Synonyms: schlechte Befestigung, Unsicherheit, Wackligkeit
- Antonyms: Stabilität, Standfestigkeit
- quality of being unsteady, variable
- Synonyms: Unbeständigkeit, Veränderlichkeit, Wechselhaftigkeit
- Antonyms: Stabilität, Beständigkeit, Unveränderlichkeit
- quality of not being properly fixed, likely to fall
Declension
Declension of Instabilität
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | eine | die | Instabilität | die | Instabilitäten1 |
| genitive | einer | der | Instabilität | der | Instabilitäten1 |
| dative | einer | der | Instabilität | den | Instabilitäten1 |
| accusative | eine | die | Instabilität | die | Instabilitäten1 |
1Rare.
Further reading
- “Instabilität” in Duden online
- “Instabilität” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache