Phase

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German

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek φάσις (phásis, appearance), from φαίνομαι (phaínomai, I appear) +‎ -σις (-sis).

Pronunciation

Noun

Phase f (genitive Phase, plural Phasen)

  1. phase, stage, period
    • 1992, “Ist Das Wieder So Ne Phase”, in Sei À Gogo, performed by Die Lassie Singers:
      Ist das wieder so ne Phase / Oder bleibt das jetzt für immer so stehen? / Werde ich jemals noch in diesem Leben / Wieder aufstehen, mich anziehen, und auf die Straße gehen?
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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  • Estonian: faas

Further reading

  • Phase” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Phase” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • Phase” in Duden online
  • Phase on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de