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Onomatopöie
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onomatopoie
German
Pronunciation
de /onomatopøˈiː/
de De-Onomatopöie.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de iː 6
Noun
f
de 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)
de 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 de Lautmalerei sound painting.
Declension
f
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