Vokabahn

Verschärfung

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Noun

die Verschärfung

tightening, intensification

B2 rank #7,944 plural Verschärfungen

Meanings

Noun
  1. tightening, intensification
  2. Holtzmann's law: a sound change whereby Proto-Germanic *jj became ddj in Gothic and ggj in Old Norse, while *ww became ggw in both Gothic and Old Norse

In a sentence

Die Verschärfung der Regeln kam für viele überraschend.

The tightening of the rules came as a surprise to many.

Forms

singular die Verschärfung
plural die Verschärfungen