Reißbrett

German

Etymology

reißen +‎ Brett. Compare also English write (“to inscribe, engrave, imprint”) + board. The older meaning of reißen refers to the consequences of using a tool for engraving or drawing, causing little cracks on a surface of choice, which, among other things, could also have been used as means of writing.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʀaɪ̯sˌbʀɛt/

Noun

Reißbrett n (genitive Reißbrettes or Reißbretts, plural Reißbretter)

  1. drawing board

Declension
Declension of Reißbrett
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Reißbrett die Reißbretter
genitive eines des Reißbrettes,
Reißbretts		 der Reißbretter
dative einem dem Reißbrett,
Reißbrette1		 den Reißbrettern
accusative ein das Reißbrett die Reißbretter
1Now uncommon, see notes

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