Interpunktion

German

Etymology

From Latin interpunctio „dividing words by periods“.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪntɐpʊŋkˈt͡si̯oːn/
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  • Hyphenation: In‧ter‧punk‧ti‧on

Noun

Interpunktion f (genitive Interpunktion, plural Interpunktionen)

  1. (linguistics) punctuation
    Mit der neuen Rechtschreibreform um die Jahrtausendwende wurde die Interpunktion auch vereinfacht.With the new orthography reform around the millennium, the punctuation has been simplified.

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References

  1. “Interpunktion”, in (Please provide the title of the work) (HTML, in German), Wiktionary, 2014-09-03, archived from the original on 2014-09-03, retrieved 2014-12-18

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