See also: Zahlung

German

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Etymology

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From the verb zählen, + -ung. Attested since the 17th century.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtsɛːlʊŋ/; plural: IPA(key): /ˈtsɛːlʊŋən/, IPA(key): /ˈtsɛːlʊŋn̩/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
  • IPA(key): /ˈtseː-/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
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  • Hyphenation: Zäh‧lung

Noun

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Zählung f (genitive Zählung, plural Zählungen)

  1. count (the process and the result of establishing the number or quantity of items); census; metering, reckoning
    Synonym: Zählen

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “Zählung”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

Further reading

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  • Zählung” in Duden online
  • Zählung” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache