Trennstrich

German

Etymology

trennen (“separate”) +‎ Strich (“dash, line”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtʁɛnʃtʁɪç/
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Noun

Trennstrich m (strong, genitive Trennstriches or Trennstrichs, plural Trennstriche)

  1. hyphen (symbol used to indicate a word has been split)
    Synonyms: Trennungsstrich, Bindestrich, Mittestrich, Divis, Viertelgeviertstrich
    Trennstriche und Gedankenstriche. ― Hyphens and dashes.
    Der Trennstrich trennt nicht nur, er verbindet auch. ― The hyphen is not only used for word division, but can also be used to join words.

Declension
Declension of Trennstrich [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Trennstrich die Trennstriche
genitive eines des Trennstriches, Trennstrichs der Trennstriche
dative einem dem Trennstrich, Trennstriche1 den Trennstrichen
accusative einen den Trennstrich die Trennstriche

1Now rare, see notes.

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