Top Ten

See also: top ten

German

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English top ten.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtɔp ˈtɛn/
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Noun

Top Ten pl (plural only)

  1. top ten

Usage notes
  • The Duden prescribes that unadapted borrowings from English consisting of an adjective and a noun (that carries the stress) be written spaced (Top Ten). The hyphenated (Top-Ten) and solid (Topten) spellings are proscribed.[1]

Declension
Declension of Top Ten [pl-only]
plural
def. noun
nominative die Top Ten
genitive der Top Ten
dative den Top Ten
accusative die Top Ten

References
  1. “Schreibung von Fremdwörtern aus dem Englischen [Spelling of loan words from English]”, in Duden‎ (in German), Cornelsen Verlag GmbH, (Can we date this quote?), archived from the original on 2023-01-20

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