Verbosität
German
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin verbōsitās. Compare verbosit.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɛʁboziˈtɛːt/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
- IPA(key): /-ˈteːt/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Ver‧bo‧si‧tät
Noun
Verbosität f (genitive Verbosität, plural Verbositäten)
- verbosity (the excess use of words; long-windedness)
- Synonyms: Wortreichtum, Wortfülle, Wortschwall
Declension
Declension of Verbosität [feminine]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | eine | die | Verbosität | die | Verbositäten |
| genitive | einer | der | Verbosität | der | Verbositäten |
| dative | einer | der | Verbosität | den | Verbositäten |
| accusative | eine | die | Verbosität | die | Verbositäten |
Further reading
- “Verbosität” in Duden online
- “Verbosität” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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