Zählung

See also: Zahlung

German

Etymology

From the verb zählen, + -ung. Attested since the 17th century.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtsɛːlʊŋ/; plural: IPA(key): /ˈtsɛːlʊŋən/, IPA(key): /ˈtsɛːlʊŋn̩/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
  • IPA(key): /ˈtseː-/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: Zäh‧lung

Noun

Zählung f (genitive Zählung, plural Zählungen)

  1. count (the process and the result of establishing the number or quantity of items); census; metering, reckoning
    Synonym: Zählen

Declension
Declension of Zählung [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Zählung die Zählungen
genitive einer der Zählung der Zählungen
dative einer der Zählung den Zählungen
accusative eine die Zählung die Zählungen

Derived terms

References
  1. Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “Zählung”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

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