German

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Etymology

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entfernen +‎ -ung

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɛntˈfɛʁnʊŋ/
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  • Hyphenation: Ent‧fer‧nung

Noun

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Entfernung f (genitive Entfernung, plural Entfernungen)

  1. distance
  2. removal
  3. (medicine, in compounds) -ectomy (generally alongside a specialist, not widely understood word in -ektomie)
    Gebärmutterentfernunghysterectomy

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