Apostrophe

See also: apostrophe and apostrophé

German

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /apoˈstroːfə/

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• IPA^(key): /aˈpɔstrofe/
• Hyphenation: Apo‧stro‧phe, Apo‧s‧t‧ro‧phe

Noun

Apostrophe f (genitive Apostrophe, plural Apostrophen)

1. (rhetoric, rare) apostrophe

Declension

Declension of Apostrophe [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Apostrophe	die	Apostrophen
genitive	einer	der	Apostrophe	der	Apostrophen
dative	einer	der	Apostrophe	den	Apostrophen
accusative	eine	die	Apostrophe	die	Apostrophen

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /apoˈstroːfə/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

Apostrophe

1. nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Apostroph

Further reading

• Apostrophe on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Apostrophe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Apostrophe” in Duden online