Absatz

German

Etymology

From Middle High German abesaz; analyzable as ab- +‎ Satz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈapzat͡s/
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: Ab‧satz

Noun

Absatz m (strong, genitive Absatzes, plural Absätze)

turnover (quantity that has been put onto the market, and process of trying to get things on the market)
heel (part of shoe)
paragraph (passage in text)
landing, place on stairs where there is a turn
Coordinate term: Lauf
(geology) sediment
Synonym: Ablagerung

Declension

Declension of Absatz [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Absatz	die	Absätze
genitive	eines	des	Absatzes	der	Absätze
dative	einem	dem	Absatz, Absatze¹	den	Absätzen
accusative	einen	den	Absatz	die	Absätze

¹Now rare, see notes.

Related terms

Absatzanfang, Absatzende, Absatzmitte, Absatzmarkt, absatzweise
Hauptabsatz, Unterabsatz, Schuhabsatz, Treppenabsatz, Warenabsatz
Ansatz, Aufsatz, Besatz, Entsatz, Vorsatz

Descendants

→ Bulgarian: абза́ц (abzác)
→ Polish: obcas
- → Yiddish: אָבצאַס (obtsas)
→ Russian: абза́ц (abzác)
- → Azerbaijani: abzas
- → Georgian: აბზაცი (abzaci)
- → Kazakh: абзац (abzas)
- → Kyrgyz: абзац (abzats)
- → Turkmen: abzas
- → Ukrainian: абза́ц (abzác)
- → Uzbek: abzats

Further reading

“Absatz” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Absatz” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
“Absatz” in Duden online
Absatz on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

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