Verschärfung

German

Etymology

verschärfen +‎ -ung; see Danish skærpe and skærpelse for a similar metaphor.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fɛʁˈʃɛʁfʊŋ/
Hyphenation: Ver‧schär‧fung
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Noun

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

tightening, intensification
(linguistics) Holtzmann's law: a sound change whereby Proto-Germanic *jj became ddj in Gothic and ggj in Old Norse, while *ww became ggw in both Gothic and Old Norse.

Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Further reading

“Verschärfung” in Duden online

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