Stress in German

IPA: /ʃtʁɛs/, /stʁɛs/ Audio: De-Stress.ogg

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Etymology: Ca. 1950, from English stress. Etymology templates: {{bor|de|en|stress}} English stress Head templates: {{de-noun|m}} Stress m (strong, genitive Stresses, plural Stresse) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m}} Forms: Stresses [genitive], Stresse [plural], strong [table-tags], Stress [nominative, singular], Stresse [definite, nominative, plural], Stresses [genitive, singular], Stresse [definite, genitive, plural], Stress [dative, singular], Stresse [dative, singular], Stressen [dative, definite, plural], Stress [accusative, singular], Stresse [accusative, definite, plural], Streß [alternative]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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"Stress" meaning in German

Noun

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