Elektrizität

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Ultimately from the same Ancient Greek word for "amber" as electron.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /elɛktʁitsiˈtɛːt/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
  • IPA(key): /-ˈteːt/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
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  • Hyphenation: Elek‧tri‧zi‧tät

Noun

Elektrizität f (genitive Elektrizität, no plural)

  1. electricity
    • 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Orgelpfeifen, in: Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun. Verlag, page 53:
      Öllämpchen brannte niemand mehr. Zuerst waren sie durch Petroleum und Gas ersetzt worden, dann war die Elektrizität gekommen, vor deren Helligkeit jedes andere Licht als kärglicher Notbehelf erschien.
      Nobody burnt little oil lamps anymore. First they had been replaced by kerosene and gas, then the electricity had come, the brightness of which made each other light look like a meager makeshift.

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