Deppenapostroph

German

Etymology

Depp (“fool”) +‎ Apostroph (“apostrophe”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛpənʔapoˌstʁoːf/

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• Hyphenation: Dep‧pen‧apo‧stroph

Noun

Examples
mehr für's Geld (i.e. mehr fürs Geld) (“more for the money”) CD's und DVD's (i.e. CDs und DVDs) (“CDs and DVDs”) Mario's Pizzeria (i.e. Marios Pizzeria) (“Mario's pizzeria”)

Deppenapostroph m or (nonstandard but common informally) n (strong, genitive Deppenapostrophs, plural Deppenapostrophe)

1. (colloquial) greengrocer's apostrophe

   Coordinate term: Deppenleerzeichen

Declension

Declension of Deppenapostroph [masculine // neuter (nonstandard but common informally), strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der, das	Deppenapostroph	die	Deppenapostrophe
genitive	eines	des	Deppenapostrophs	der	Deppenapostrophe
dative	einem	dem	Deppenapostroph	den	Deppenapostrophen
accusative	einen, ein	den, das	Deppenapostroph	die	Deppenapostrophe