Absatz

German

Etymology

From ab- +‎ Satz

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈapzat͡s/

• Audio:

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Noun

Absatz m (genitive Absatzes, plural Absätze)

1. turnover (quantity that has been put onto the market, and process of trying to get things on the market)
2. heel (part of shoe)
3. paragraph (passage in text)
4. landing, place on stairs where there is a turn

   Coordinate term: Lauf

5. (geology) sediment

   Synonym: Ablagerung

Descendants

• → Polish: obcas
• → Russian: абза́ц (abzác)
  • → Azerbaijani: abzas
  • → Georgian: აბზაცი (abzaci)
  • → Kazakh: абзац (abzas)
  • → Kyrgyz: абзац (abzats)
  • → Turkmen: abzas
  • → Ukrainian: абза́ц (abzác)
  • → Uzbek: abzats

Further reading

• “Absatz” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Absatz” in Duden online