Ligatur

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin ligātūra, from Latin ligāre. Cognate with English ligature.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɪɡaˈtuːɐ̯/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Li‧ga‧tur

Noun

Ligatur f (genitive Ligatur, plural Ligaturen)

1. (music) ligature
2. (music) tie
3. (typography) ligature
4. (medicine) ligature

Declension

Declension of Ligatur [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Ligatur	die	Ligaturen
genitive	einer	der	Ligatur	der	Ligaturen
dative	einer	der	Ligatur	den	Ligaturen
accusative	eine	die	Ligatur	die	Ligaturen

Synonyms

• (typography): Buchstabenverschmelzung, Buchstabenverbund
• (music, tie): Haltebogen

Hyponyms

• &-Ligatur, ß-Ligatur

Related terms

• Ligand
• Abbreviatur
• Literatur

Further reading

• “Ligatur” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Ligatur” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Ligatur” in Duden online