Annäherung

German

Etymology

annähern (to approach) + -ung (-ing)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈanˌnɛːəʁʊŋ/, [ˈʔanˌnɛːɐʁʊŋ] (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
  • IPA(key): /ˈanˌneːəʁʊŋ/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
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  • Hyphenation: An‧nä‧he‧rung

Noun

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

  1. approach (act of drawing near; access or opportunity of drawing near)
  2. (golf) approach (a stroke whose object is to land the ball on the putting green)
  3. (mathematics, engineering) approximation
    Diese Annäherung ist für die Zwecke der Praxis hinreichend genau.
    This approximation is sufficiently accurate for practical purposes.

Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Further reading

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