"Haaresbreite" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /ˈhaːʁəsˌbʁaɪ̯tə/ Audio: De-Haaresbreite.ogg
Etymology: From Haar (“hair”) + -es- + Breite (“breadth”), literally “breadth of a hair”. Etymology templates: {{af|de|Haar|-es-|Breite|lit=breadth of a hair|t1=hair|t3=breadth}} Haar (“hair”) + -es- + Breite (“breadth”), literally “breadth of a hair” Head templates: {{de-noun|f}} Haaresbreite f (genitive Haaresbreite, plural Haaresbreiten) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Haaresbreite [genitive], Haaresbreiten [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Haaresbreite [nominative, singular], Haaresbreiten [definite, nominative, plural], Haaresbreite [genitive, singular], Haaresbreiten [definite, genitive, plural], Haaresbreite [dative, singular], Haaresbreiten [dative, definite, plural], Haaresbreite [accusative, singular], Haaresbreiten [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (colloquial) hair's breadth; whisker (very small distance between two things) Tags: colloquial, feminine Derived forms: um Haaresbreite (english: by a whisker)
    Sense id: en-Haaresbreite-de-noun-C6ZpbzEL Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German terms interfixed with -es-

Inflected forms

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