Kadenz

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German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian cadenza, from Latin cadentia.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [kaˈdɛnt͡s]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Audio (Austria):(file)
  • Hyphenation: Ka‧denz

Noun

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Kadenz f (genitive Kadenz, plural Kadenzen)

  1. (music) a cadenza (a part of a piece of music)
  2. (music) a cadence (a progression of at least two chords which conclude a piece of music)
  3. (speech) a cadence (a fall in inflection of a speaker’s voice, such as at the end of a sentence)

Declension

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Further reading

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  • Kadenz” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Kadenz” in Duden online