Onomatopöie

See also: onomatopoie

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /onomatopøˈiː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -iː

Noun

Onomatopöie f (genitive Onomatopöie, plural Onomatopöien)

  1. (rare, specialist) onomatopoeia (the use of language whose sound imitates that which it names; the property of a word of sounding like what it represents; the coining of a word in imitation of a sound)
    Synonyms: Lautmalerei, Lautnachahmung, Klangnachahmung, Schallnachahmung, Klangnachbildung, Schallwortbildung, Tonwortbildung, Wortbildung aus Naturlauten, Wortmalerei; Onomatopoiie, Onomatopoie; Onomatopoesie

Usage notes

  • This word will be unintelligible to many, even educated speakers. The usual word in German is Lautmalerei (literally “sound painting”).

Declension

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

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