Verschärfung

German

Etymology

verschärfen + -ung; see Danish skærpe and skærpelse for a similar metaphor.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɛʁˈʃɛʁfʊŋ/
  • Hyphenation: Ver‧schär‧fung

Noun

Verschärfung f (genitive Verschärfung, plural Verschärfungen)

  1. tightening, intensification
  2. (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

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