Polyglot Dictionary

Betonung

/bəˈtoːnʊŋ/

die noun B2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Betonungen

Meaning

  1. stress, emphasis

    • Die Betonung liegt auf der ersten Silbe.

      The stress is on the first syllable.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Nachdruck

Betonung specifically means phonetic or verbal stress — word stress, pronunciation emphasis; Nachdruck is emphasis in a rhetorical sense, saying something "mit Nachdruck," forcefully.

Similar in other languages

English

emphasis

emphasis is the English word for the same thing — both mean "stress, emphasis."

Spanish

hincapié

Close — hincapié means emphasis, same as Betonung.

English

tension

Close — stress, emphasis relates to tension.

Practice

1 What does Betonung mean?

2 Fill the gap: Die ___ liegt auf der ersten Silbe.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Betonung?

noun

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