Streckung

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German

Etymology

strecken +‎ -ung.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃtʁɛkʊŋ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛkʊŋ
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  • Hyphenation: Stre‧ckung

Noun

Streckung f (genitive Streckung, plural Streckungen)

  1. stretching, straightening (both spatially as well as temporally)
    Antonym: Stauchung
  2. (medicine) a growth phase in children typically between 4 and 7 years of age
    Hypernym: Wachstumsphase

Declension

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

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