Tinnitus

See also: tinnitus

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tinnītus. The first-syllable stress is from a generalisation of the tendency that penultimate Latin -i- is short; compare the same in Libido.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɪnitʊs/ (usual for both singular and plural)
• IPA^(key): /ˈtɪniˌtuːs/ (learned variant for the plural)
• IPA^(key): /ˈtiːnitʊs/ (rare, nonstandard)

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Noun

Tinnitus m (strong, genitive Tinnitus, plural Tinnitus or Tinnitusse)

1. tinnitus

Declension

Declension of Tinnitus [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Tinnitus	die	Tinnitus, Tinnitusse
genitive	eines	des	Tinnitus	der	Tinnitus, Tinnitusse
dative	einem	dem	Tinnitus	den	Tinnitus, Tinnitussen
accusative	einen	den	Tinnitus	die	Tinnitus, Tinnitusse

Further reading

• “Tinnitus” in Duden online
• Tinnitus on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de