Stress

See also: stress and Streß

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Ca. 1950, from English stress.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃtʁɛs/
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  • IPA(key): /stʁɛs/ (rare, archaic)

Noun

Stress m (strong, genitive Stresses, plural Stresse)

  1. (usually uncountable) stress (emotional pressure)
  2. (usually uncountable, colloquial) dispute, quarrel, beef

Declension
Declension of Stress [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Stress die Stresse
genitive eines des Stresses der Stresse
dative einem dem Stress, Stresse1 den Stressen
accusative einen den Stress die Stresse

1Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

Further reading
  • “Stress” in Duden online
  • “Stress” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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