Apostroph

German

Etymology

From earlier Apostrophus m, from Latin apostrophus f.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /apoˈstʁoːf/ (official standard)
• IPA^(key): /apoˈstʁɔf/ (at least equally common)

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• Hyphenation: Apo‧stroph, Apos‧troph, Apost‧roph

Noun

Apostroph m or (nonstandard but common informally) n (strong, genitive Apostrophs or (rare) Apostrophes, plural Apostrophe)

1. (typography) apostrophe

   Synonym: Auslassungszeichen

2. (typography) inverted comma

Usage notes

Only the masculine gender is (official) standard, but the neuter gender is also used (especially informally).

Declension

Declension of Apostroph [masculine // neuter (nonstandard but common informally), strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der, das	Apostroph	die	Apostrophe
genitive	eines	des	Apostrophs, Apostrophes1	der	Apostrophe
dative	einem	dem	Apostroph, Apostrophe1,2	den	Apostrophen
accusative	einen, ein	den, das	Apostroph	die	Apostrophe

¹Rare.
²Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• Apostrophitis
• Deppenapostroph (“greengrocer’s apostrophe”)
• Idiotenapostroph

Further reading

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

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /apoˈstʀof/, [apoˈstʀof]

Noun

Apostroph m (plural Apostrophen)

1. apostrophe