"Hemmung" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /ˈhɛmʊŋ/ Audio: De-Hemmung.ogg
Etymology: From hemmen + -ung. Etymology templates: {{suffix|de|hemmen|ung}} hemmen + -ung Head templates: {{de-noun|f}} Hemmung f (genitive Hemmung, plural Hemmungen) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Hemmung [genitive], Hemmungen [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Hemmung [nominative, singular], Hemmungen [definite, nominative, plural], Hemmung [genitive, singular], Hemmungen [definite, genitive, plural], Hemmung [dative, singular], Hemmungen [dative, definite, plural], Hemmung [accusative, singular], Hemmungen [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (psychology) inhibition Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Hemmung-de-noun-Vw8YgFsO Categories (other): Psychology, German entries with incorrect language header, German terms suffixed with -ung Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 44 19 17 19 Disambiguation of German terms suffixed with -ung: 24 36 32 8 Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences
  2. scruple Tags: feminine Synonyms: Bedenken, Skrupel
    Sense id: en-Hemmung-de-noun-aBwy4peN Categories (other): German terms suffixed with -ung, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German terms suffixed with -ung: 24 36 32 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 37 29 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 62 17 6
  3. hindrance, hindering Tags: feminine Synonyms: Hemmnis, Behinderung, Hindernis, Nachteil
    Sense id: en-Hemmung-de-noun-EnnELfjs Categories (other): German terms suffixed with -ung Disambiguation of German terms suffixed with -ung: 24 36 32 8
  4. escapement of a timepiece Tags: feminine Synonyms: Gang
    Sense id: en-Hemmung-de-noun-yquhWwhv
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: Hyponyms: Ankerhemmung (alt: watchmaking, escapement), Grahamhemmung, Grashüpferhemmung, Hakenhemmung, Kreuzschlaghemmung, Rückfallankerhemmung, Spindelhemmung, Stiftenhemmung, Zylinderhemmung Related terms: gehemmt, hemmen, hemmungslos

Inflected forms

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