Zählung
See also: Zahlung
German edit
Etymology edit
From the verb zählen, + -ung. Attested since the 17th century.[1]
Pronunciation edit
- 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)
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Zäh‧lung
Noun edit
Zählung f (genitive Zählung, plural Zählungen)
- count (the process and the result of establishing the number or quantity of items); census; metering, reckoning
- Synonym: Zählen
Declension edit
Declension of Zählung [feminine]
Derived terms edit
- Verszählung
- Volkszählung (census)
References edit
- ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “Zählung”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN