Nachdruck

/ˈnaːxˌdʁʊk/

der 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. emphasis, stress

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

Betonung

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

stress

Close — emphasis relates to stress.

Practice

1 What does Nachdruck mean?

2 Fill the gap: Er sagte es mit ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Nachdruck?

noun

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