"Flexion" meaning in German

See Flexion in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /flɛkˈsjoːn/ Audio: De-Flexion.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Etymology: 17th century, from Latin flexio. Etymology templates: {{der|de|la|flexio}} Latin flexio Head templates: {{de-noun|f}} Flexion f (genitive Flexion, plural Flexionen) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Flexion [genitive], Flexionen [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Flexion [nominative, singular], Flexionen [definite, nominative, plural], Flexion [genitive, singular], Flexionen [definite, genitive, plural], Flexion [dative, singular], Flexionen [dative, definite, plural], Flexion [accusative, singular], Flexionen [accusative, definite, plural], Flektion [alternative, uncommon]
  1. (linguistics) inflection (process by which words change their grammatical forms) Tags: feminine Synonyms: Beugung, Biegung [rare]
    Sense id: en-Flexion-de-noun-Y0jeQ0qB Categories (other): Linguistics, German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 41 16 43 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  2. (medicine) flexion Tags: feminine Synonyms: Beugung Hyponyms: Binnenflexion, Deklination, Konjugation Derived forms: fle­xi­ons­fä­hig, Flexionslage, Flexionslehre, flexionslos, Flexiv, flexivisch Related terms: flektieren
    Sense id: en-Flexion-de-noun-kl6euGdr Categories (other): Medicine, German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 41 16 43 Topics: medicine, sciences
  3. (geology) flexure fold Tags: feminine Synonyms: Flexur
    Sense id: en-Flexion-de-noun-l4AQEpfC Categories (other): Geology, German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 41 16 43 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 18 62 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 13 72 Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences

Inflected forms

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