Zwerchfellriss
German
Alternative forms
- Zwerchfellriß (superseded)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈt͡sʋɛɐ̯xˌfɛlˈʁɪs]
- Hyphenation: Zwerch‧fell‧riss
Etymology
Zwerchfell (“diaphragm”) + Riss (“rupture”)
Noun
Zwerchfellriss m (strong, genitive Zwerchfellrisses, plural Zwerchfellrisse)
- (medicine) a rupture of the diaphragm
- (humor) a fictional disease arising from too much laughing
- Von seinen Erzählungen habe ich einen Zwerchfellriss bekommen
- I laughed like mad at his tales
- (literally, “I got a diaphragm rupture from his tales”)
Inflection
Declension of Zwerchfellriss [masculine, strong]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | ein | der | Zwerchfellriss | die | Zwerchfellrisse |
genitive | eines | des | Zwerchfellrisses | der | Zwerchfellrisse |
dative | einem | dem | Zwerchfellriss, Zwerchfellrisse1 | den | Zwerchfellrissen |
accusative | einen | den | Zwerchfellriss | die | Zwerchfellrisse |
1Now uncommon, see notes.
Further reading
- “Zwerchfellriss” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Zwerchfellriss” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon