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German
Etymology
Borrowed from French culminer.
Pronunciation
Verb
kulminieren (weak, third-person singular present kulminiert, past tense kulminierte, past participle kulminiert, auxiliary haben)
- (astronomy, intransitive) to culminate
1995, Christian Leitz, Heinz-Josef Thissen, Altägyptische Sternuhren, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 133:Damit nun wieder zwei Sterne im Abstand von 40 Minuten hintereinander kulminieren, muß ihre Rektaszensionsdifferenz (360° : 24 h) x 40 min = 10° betragen.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (figuratively, literary, intransitive) to peak, to culminate
- Synonym: gipfeln
2001, Nikola Rossbach, Das Geweb ist satanisch fein: Friedrich Schillers "Kabale und Liebe" als Text der Gewalt, Königshausen & Neumann, →ISBN, page 90:Über verbale Gewalt auf der Sprechhandlungsebene hinausgehend, sind umfassendere ,Redens-Arten' gewaltgeprägt; sprachliche und diskursive Gewalt kulminieren in einer Art textueller Gewalt, mit der die Figuren ihre dramatischen […]- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
Conjugation of
kulminieren (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
kulminieren (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
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