Zählung

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See also: Zahlung

German

Etymology

From the verb zählen, + -ung. Attested since the 17th century.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtsɛːlʊŋ/; plural: IPA(key): /ˈtsɛːlʊŋən/, IPA(key): /ˈtsɛːlʊŋn̩/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
  • IPA(key): /ˈtseː-/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
  • Hyphenation: Zäh‧lung, plural: Hyphenation: Zäh‧lun‧gen
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Noun

Zählung f (genitive Zählung, plural Zählungen)

  1. count (the process and the result of establishing the number or quantity of items); census; metering, reckoning

Declension

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Synonyms

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ 1993, Wolfgang Pfeifer, Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen, 2nd edition (Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, München, →ISBN

Further reading

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