German

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Etymology

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fährlich +‎ -keit

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfɛːɐ̯lɪçkaɪ̯t/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
  • IPA(key): /ˈfeːɐ̯-/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
  • Hyphenation: Fähr‧lich‧keit
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Noun

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Fährlichkeit f (genitive Fährlichkeit, no plural)

  1. (dated) dangerousness
    • 1912, Martin Luther, Lutherbibel von 1912, Romans 8:35 (with KJV translation)
      Wer will uns scheiden von der Liebe Gottes? Trübsal oder Angst oder Verfolgung oder Hunger oder Blöße oder Fährlichkeit oder Schwert?
      Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

Declension

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