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Silbentrennung

syllabification

noun ZIL-ben-tren-oong Rare
Communication Writing

Also means

hyphenation at line breaks

Usage Note

Silbentrennung is the division of a word into syllables, applied in writing when a word must be split at the end of a line. German has strict rules for Silbentrennung, which differ from those in English.

Examples

"Die automatische Silbentrennung im Textprogramm macht gelegentlich Fehler bei Fremdwörtern."

Natural Translation

The automatic hyphenation in the word processor occasionally makes mistakes with foreign words.

Literal Translation

The automatic syllable-separation in-the text-program makes occasionally mistakes with foreign-words.

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