Schwanzwort

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German

Etymology

Schwanz +‎ Wort

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃvant͡sˌvɔʁt/
  • Hyphenation: Schwanz‧wort
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Noun

Schwanzwort n (strong, genitive Schwanzwortes or Schwanzworts, plural Schwanzwörter)

  1. (linguistic morphology) initial clipping; apheresis

Declension

Declension of Schwanzwort
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Schwanzwort die Schwanzwörter
genitive eines des Schwanzwortes, Schwanzworts der Schwanzwörter
dative einem dem Schwanzwort, Schwanzworte1 den Schwanzwörtern
accusative ein das Schwanzwort die Schwanzwörter

1Now rare, see notes.

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