Atomspaltung

German

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: Atom‧spal‧tung

Noun

Atomspaltung f (genitive Atomspaltung, no plural)

1. Synonym of Kernspaltung (nuclear fission)

Usage notes

After the atom bomb explosions at the end of the II. World War, the word Atom became a negative meaning. In order not to scare the population off this new way of energy production, energy producers used the word Kern derived from Atomkern instead.

Declension

Declension of Atomspaltung [sg-only, feminine]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Atomspaltung
genitive	einer	der	Atomspaltung
dative	einer	der	Atomspaltung
accusative	eine	die	Atomspaltung

Further reading

• “Atomspaltung” in Duden online