Verschärfung
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)
- tightening, intensification
- (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 [feminine]
| 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 |
Further reading
- “Verschärfung” in Duden online
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