Fassung
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German fazzunge, vazzunge, from Old High German fazzunga, equivalent to fassen + -ung. Cognate with Middle Low German vātinge.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Fassung f (genitive Fassung, plural Fassungen)
- a device which holds something else, e.g. a socket for a lightbulb, the setting of a jewel etc.
- version
- Der Autor hat eine neue Fassung des Stückes geschrieben, da die erste kein Erfolg war.
- The author has written a new version of the play, since the first one was no success.
- composure, self-control
- die Fassung verlieren ― to lose one’s composure, get uncontrollably angry
- die Fassung bewahren ― to keep one’s composure, to suppress one’s emotions
Declension edit
Declension of Fassung [feminine]