Komma

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German

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Alternative forms

  • Comma (obsolete spelling)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin comma.

Pronunciation

Noun

Komma n (strong, genitive Kommas or Komma, plural Kommas or Kommata)

  1. comma
    Synonym: (chiefly Austria) Beistrich
    Pi ist ungefähr drei Komma eins vier eins fünf.
    π ≈ 3,1415.

Usage notes

  • The older Latinate plural Kommata is now uncommon, even in academic texts.[1]
  • The word Beistrich can only be used to mean "comma" in the sense of "punctuation mark". For the decimal marker, only the word Komma is used.

References

  1. ^ Peter Schmachthagen (2016 August 9) “Meinung: Tempus, Tempora, Tempi und noch einiges mehr”, in Hamburger Abendblatt‎: “Mussten wir früher "Kommata" für die Mehrzahl der bekannten Beistriche sagen, so heißt es heute – auch fachsprachlich – nur noch die Kommas.”

Further reading

  • “Komma” in Duden online
  • “Komma” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

Noun

Komma m (plural Kommaen)

  1. comma
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