"Befürchtung" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /bəˈfʏʁçtʊŋ/ Audio: De-Befürchtung.ogg
Etymology: befürchten + -ung. Etymology templates: {{suffix|de|befürchten|ung}} befürchten + -ung Head templates: {{de-noun|f}} Befürchtung f (genitive Befürchtung, plural Befürchtungen) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Befürchtung [genitive], Befürchtungen [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Befürchtung [nominative, singular], Befürchtungen [definite, nominative, plural], Befürchtung [genitive, singular], Befürchtungen [definite, genitive, plural], Befürchtung [dative, singular], Befürchtungen [dative, definite, plural], Befürchtung [accusative, singular], Befürchtungen [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. apprehension, fear, misgiving Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Befürchtung-de-noun-likt1JOK Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German terms suffixed with -ung

Inflected forms

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