Versteinerung

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German

Etymology

versteinern (“to petrify”) +‎ -ung (“-ing”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɛʁˈʃtaɪ̯nəʁʊŋ/,
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Noun

Versteinerung f (genitive Versteinerung, plural Versteinerungen)

  1. petrification
  2. petrifaction

Declension

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

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