Onomatopöie

See also: onomatopoie

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /onomatopøˈiː/

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• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

Onomatopöie f (genitive Onomatopöie, plural Onomatopöien)

1. (rare, specialist) onomatopoeia (the use of language whose sound imitates that which it names; the property of a word of sounding like what it represents; the coining of a word in imitation of a sound)

   Synonyms: Lautmalerei, Lautnachahmung, Klangnachahmung, Schallnachahmung, Klangnachbildung, Schallwortbildung, Tonwortbildung, Wortbildung aus Naturlauten, Wortmalerei; Onomatopoiie, Onomatopoie; Onomatopoesie

Usage notes

• This word will be unintelligible to many, even educated speakers. The usual word in German is Lautmalerei (literally “sound painting”).

Declension

Declension of Onomatopöie [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Onomatopöie	die	Onomatopöien
genitive	einer	der	Onomatopöie	der	Onomatopöien
dative	einer	der	Onomatopöie	den	Onomatopöien
accusative	eine	die	Onomatopöie	die	Onomatopöien

Further reading

• “Onomatopöie” in Duden online