Vorschlag
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German
Etymology
From Middle High German vürslac. By surface analysis, deverbal from vorschlagen or vor- + Schlag.
Compare the noun Vorschlagen, gerund of the verb vorschlagen, and Luxembourgish Virschlag.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Vor‧schlag
Noun
Vorschlag m (strong, genitive Vorschlages or Vorschlags, plural Vorschläge)
- suggestion, proposal (something proposed)
- Wir hätten auf ihren Vorschlag hören sollen.
- We should have listened to their suggestion.
- (music) an ornament in which one or more notes are added before the principal note, such as an appoggiatura or acciaccatura
- Hyponyms: Appoggiatura, Acciaccatura
- Bitte spiele den Vorschlag in Takt 23 etwas länger.
- Please play the appoggiatura in bar 23 a little longer.
- (firearms) the wad in a muzzleloader
Declension
Declension of Vorschlag
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der | Vorschlag | die | Vorschläge |
| genitive | eines | des | Vorschlages, Vorschlags | der | Vorschläge |
| dative | einem | dem | Vorschlag, Vorschlage1 | den | Vorschlägen |
| accusative | einen | den | Vorschlag | die | Vorschläge |
1Now rare, see notes.
Synonyms
- (suggestion): Empfehlung, Anregung
- (the process of proposing): Vorschlagen