Trennstrich

German

Etymology

trennen (“separate”) +‎ Strich (“dash, line”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtʁɛnʃtʁɪç/
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Noun

Trennstrich m (strong, genitive Trennstriches or Trennstrichs, plural Trennstriche)

  1. hyphen (symbol used to indicate a word has been split)
    Synonyms: Trennungsstrich, Bindestrich, Mittestrich, Divis, Viertelgeviertstrich
    Trennstriche und Gedankenstriche. ― Hyphens and dashes.
    Der Trennstrich trennt nicht nur, er verbindet auch. ― The hyphen is not only used for word division, but can also be used to join words.

Declension

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