Zäsur

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German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin caesūra.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tsɛˈzuːɐ̯/, /tse-/
  • Hyphenation: Zä‧sur
  • Rhymes: -uːɐ̯
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Noun

Zäsur f (genitive Zäsur, plural Zäsuren)

  1. (literary) turning point (in history, or in a person's life)
  2. (metrics, poetry, music) caesura

Declension

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Hyponyms

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See also

Further reading

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