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Haarspalterei
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German
Pronunciation
de De-Haarspalterei.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de aɪ̯ 4
Noun
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hair-splitting
de Erbsenzählerei Fliegenbeinzählerei Korinthenkackerei Wortklauberei
de Ich halte es für Haarspalterei, ob das nun Deklaration, Manifest oder Grundsätze heißt. I consider it hair-splitting, [the question] whether it's called a declaration, a manifest or principles.
Declension
f
Related terms
de Haarspalter noun
de haarspalterisch adjective
See also
de Pedanterie
Further reading
de Human behaviour