String

See also: string

German

String

Etymology

Borrowed from English string.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstʁɪŋ/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: String

Noun

String m (strong, genitive Strings, plural Strings)

1. G-string, thong (scanty piece of underwear or lingerie)

   Synonyms: G-String, Minislip, Stringtanga, Tanga

2. (computing) string (sequence of text characters)

   Synonym: Zeichenkette

3. (physics) string (central object in string theory)

Declension

Declension of String [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	String	die	Strings
genitive	eines	des	Strings	der	Strings
dative	einem	dem	String	den	Strings
accusative	einen	den	String	die	Strings

Further reading

• “String” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “String” in Duden online
• “String”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–
• “String” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon