Annäherung
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German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
annähern (“to approach”) + -ung (“-ing”)
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈanˌnɛːəʁʊŋ/, [ˈʔanˌnɛːɐʁʊŋ] (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
- IPA(key): /ˈanˌneːəʁʊŋ/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: An‧nä‧he‧rung
Noun[edit]
Annäherung f (genitive Annäherung, plural Annäherungen)
- approach (act of drawing near; access or opportunity of drawing near)
- (golf) approach (a stroke whose object is to land the ball on the putting green)
- (mathematics, engineering) approximation
- Diese Annäherung ist für die Zwecke der Praxis hinreichend genau.
- This approximation is sufficiently accurate for practical purposes.
Declension[edit]
Declension of Annäherung [feminine]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | eine | die | Annäherung | die | Annäherungen |
| genitive | einer | der | Annäherung | der | Annäherungen |
| dative | einer | der | Annäherung | den | Annäherungen |
| accusative | eine | die | Annäherung | die | Annäherungen |
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “Annäherung” in Duden online
- “Annäherung” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache