Brechung

German

Etymology

brechen +‎ -ung

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbʁɛçʊŋ]

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Noun

Brechung f (genitive Brechung, plural Brechungen)

1. (physics) refraction (bending of any wave)
2. (linguistics) vowel breaking

Declension

Declension of Brechung [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Brechung	die	Brechungen
genitive	einer	der	Brechung	der	Brechungen
dative	einer	der	Brechung	den	Brechungen
accusative	eine	die	Brechung	die	Brechungen

Further reading

• “Brechung” in Duden online