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Akzentumsprung

Akzentumsprung noun: a type of development of certain diphthongs, especially in Anglo-Frisian, that was traditionally explained as the shifting of prominence from the first component of the diphthong to the second, that is, a change from a falling diphthong to a rising one.

Noun

Akzentumsprung (uncountable)

  1. (Germanic studies) A type of development of certain diphthongs, especially in Anglo-Frisian, that was traditionally explained as the shifting of prominence from the first component of the diphthong to the second, that is, a change from a falling diphthong to a rising one.

Origin of Akzentumsprung

Borrowed from German Akzentumsprung, from Akzent (“accent”) + Umsprung (“leap, sudden shift”).

Questions about Akzentumsprung

What does Akzentumsprung mean?
Akzentumsprung means a type of development of certain diphthongs, especially in Anglo-Frisian, that was traditionally explained as the shifting of prominence from the first component of the diphthong to the second, that is, a change from a falling diphthong to a rising one.
What part of speech is Akzentumsprung?
Akzentumsprung is a noun.

Words near Akzentumsprung in the dictionary

  1. Akwáwa
  2. Akyab
  3. akyeke
  4. akysid
  5. akysids
  6. Akzentumsprung
  7. akçe
  8. akçes
  9. Akō
  10. Akṣayamati
  11. al

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