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Flexion

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See also: flexion and flexión

German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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17th century, from Latin flexio.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /flɛkˈsjoːn/
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

Noun

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Flexion f (genitive Flexion, plural Flexionen)

  1. (linguistics) inflection (process by which words change their grammatical forms)
    Synonyms: Beugung, (rare) Biegung
  2. (medicine) flexion
    Synonym: Beugung
  3. (geology) flexure fold
    Synonym: Flexur

Declension

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Declension of Flexion [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Flexion die Flexionen
genitive einer der Flexion der Flexionen
dative einer der Flexion den Flexionen
accusative eine die Flexion die Flexionen

Hyponyms

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • “Flexion” in Duden online
  • “Flexion”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)