Ostentation

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German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ostentātio.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔstɛntaˈt͡si̯oːn/
  • Hyphenation: Os‧ten‧ta‧ti‧on

Noun

Ostentation f (genitive Ostentation, plural Ostentationen)

  1. (higher register) ostentation
    • 1911, Lily Braun, Memoiren einer Sozialistin [Memoirs of a Woman Socialist]‎, Kampfjahre, München: Albert Langen:
      Mit einer gewissen Ostentation zogen sich die Menschen von mir zurück.
      With a certain ostentation, the people withdrew from me.

Declension

Declension of Ostentation
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Ostentation die Ostentationen
genitive einer der Ostentation der Ostentationen
dative einer der Ostentation den Ostentationen
accusative eine die Ostentation die Ostentationen

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