Zählung

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See also: Zahlung

German

Etymology

From the verb zählen, + -ung. Attested since the 17th century.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtsɛːlʊŋ/; plural: IPA^(key): /ˈtsɛːlʊŋən/, IPA^(key): /ˈtsɛːlʊŋn̩/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
IPA^(key): /ˈtseː-/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
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Hyphenation: Zäh‧lung

Noun

Zählung f (genitive Zählung, plural Zählungen)

count (the process and the result of establishing the number or quantity of items); census; metering, reckoning
Synonym: Zählen

Declension

Declension of Zählung

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Zählung	die	Zählungen
genitive	einer	der	Zählung	der	Zählungen
dative	einer	der	Zählung	den	Zählungen
accusative	eine	die	Zählung	die	Zählungen

Derived terms

Verszählung
Volkszählung (census)

References

^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “Zählung”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

Further reading

“Zählung” in Duden online
“Zählung” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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