Dämmerung
German
Alternative forms
- Demmerung (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle High German demerunge, from Old High German demerunga, extended form of demar. The spelling with -ä- is unetymological.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɛməʁʊŋ/
Audio (file) Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Däm‧me‧rung
Noun
Dämmerung f (genitive Dämmerung, plural Dämmerungen)
- twilight at the beginning or end of a day, dawn and dusk
- Hyponyms: Morgendämmerung, Abenddämmerung
- (by extension, rare) any twilight
- Synonyms: Zwielicht, Dämmerlicht, Halblicht, Halbdunkel
Declension
Derived terms
Related terms
- Dämmer
- dämmern
Further reading
- “Dämmerung” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Dämmerung” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Dämmerung” in Duden online
- Dämmerung on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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