Top Ten
See also: top ten
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from English top ten.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Top Ten pl (plural only)
Usage notes
[edit]- The Duden prescribes that unadapted borrowings from English consisting of an adjective and a noun (that carries the stress) be written spaced (Top Ten). The hyphenated (Top-Ten) and solid (Topten) spellings are proscribed.[1]
Declension
[edit]Declension of Top Ten [pl-only]
References
[edit]- ^ “Schreibung von Fremdwörtern aus dem Englischen [Spelling of loan words from English]”, in Duden[1] (in German), Cornelsen Verlag GmbH, (Can we date this quote?), archived from the original on 2023-01-20
Further reading
[edit]
Top Ten on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de- “Top Ten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Top Ten” in Duden online
- “Top Ten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
