Kadenz
German edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian cadenza, from Latin cadentia.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Kadenz f (genitive Kadenz, plural Kadenzen)
- (music) a cadenza (a part of a piece of music)
- (music) a cadence (a progression of at least two chords which conclude a piece of music)
- (speech) a cadence (a fall in inflection of a speaker’s voice, such as at the end of a sentence)
Declension edit
Declension of Kadenz [feminine]