Sentimentalität
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German
Etymology
From French sentimentalité, with assimilation to nativized suffix -ität.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zɛntimɛntaliˈtɛːt/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
- IPA(key): /-ˈteːt/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: Sen‧ti‧men‧ta‧li‧tät
Noun
Sentimentalität f (genitive Sentimentalität, plural Sentimentalitäten)
- sentimentality
- Synonyms: Gefühlsduselei, Rührung
Declension
Declension of Sentimentalität
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | eine | die | Sentimentalität | die | Sentimentalitäten |
| genitive | einer | der | Sentimentalität | der | Sentimentalitäten |
| dative | einer | der | Sentimentalität | den | Sentimentalitäten |
| accusative | eine | die | Sentimentalität | die | Sentimentalitäten |
Further reading
- “Sentimentalität” in Duden online
- “Sentimentalität” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache