Zäsur

German

Alternative forms

Cäsur (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin caesūra.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tsɛˈzuːɐ̯/
Rhymes: -uːɐ̯

Noun

Zäsur f (genitive Zäsur, plural Zäsuren)

(literary) turning point (in history, or in a person's life)
(metrics, poetry, music) caesura

Declension

Declension of Zäsur

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Zäsur	die	Zäsuren
genitive	einer	der	Zäsur	der	Zäsuren
dative	einer	der	Zäsur	den	Zäsuren
accusative	eine	die	Zäsur	die	Zäsuren

Hyponyms

(metrics):

männliche Zäsur
weibliche Zäsur

See also

Zensur

Further reading

Zäsur in Duden online

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