Zwerchfellriss

German

Alternative forms
  • Zwerchfellriß (superseded)

Etymology

Zwerchfell (“diaphragm”) +‎ Riss (“rupture”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡sʋɛɐ̯xˌfɛlˈʁɪs]
  • Hyphenation: Zwerch‧fell‧riss
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Noun

Zwerchfellriss m (strong, genitive Zwerchfellrisses, plural Zwerchfellrisse)

  1. (medicine) a rupture of the diaphragm
  2. (humor) a fictional disease arising from too much laughing
    Von seinen Erzählungen habe ich einen Zwerchfellriss bekommen
    I laughed like mad at his tales
    (literally, “I got a diaphragm rupture from his tales”)

Inflection
Declension of Zwerchfellriss [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Zwerchfellriss die Zwerchfellrisse
genitive eines des Zwerchfellrisses der Zwerchfellrisse
dative einem dem Zwerchfellriss, Zwerchfellrisse1 den Zwerchfellrissen
accusative einen den Zwerchfellriss die Zwerchfellrisse

1Now rare, see notes.

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