Verschärfung

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German

Etymology

verschärfen +‎ -ung; see Danish skærpe and skærpelse for a similar metaphor.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɛʁˈʃɛʁfʊŋ/
  • Hyphenation: Ver‧schär‧fung
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Noun

Verschärfung f (genitive Verschärfung, plural Verschärfungen)

  1. tightening, intensification
  2. (linguistics) Holtzmann's law: a sound change whereby Proto-Germanic *jj became ddj in Gothic and ggj in Old Norse, while *ww became ggw in both Gothic and Old Norse.

Declension

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

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