Entstehung

/ɛntˈʃteːʊŋ/

die noun C1

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: academic. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Meaning

  1. origin, emergence

    • Die Entstehung des Sees ist unklar.

      The origin of the lake is unclear.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

abstammung

Abstammung is descent or ancestry — family lineage; Entstehung is origin or emergence — how something came into being in general, not necessarily genealogical.

Practice

1 What does Entstehung mean?

2 Fill the gap: Die ___ des Sees ist unklar.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Entstehung?

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