Nullaussage
German
Etymology
null (“nil, zero”) + Aussage (“statement”)
Pronunciation
Noun
Nullaussage f (genitive Nullaussage, plural Nullaussagen)
- (informal) A meaningless and insubstantial statement; one which, though it may not be incorrect as such, has no actual point or wisdom; a banality.
- Zu sagen: „Alles bedingt sich gegenseitig“, ist eine völlige Nullaussage.
- To say that “everything is interdependent” is an absolutely meaningless statement.
Declension
Declension of Nullaussage [feminine]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | eine | die | Nullaussage | die | Nullaussagen |
genitive | einer | der | Nullaussage | der | Nullaussagen |
dative | einer | der | Nullaussage | den | Nullaussagen |
accusative | eine | die | Nullaussage | die | Nullaussagen |
References
- “Nullaussage” in Duden online
- “Nullaussage” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache