Zwerchfellriss
German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Zwerchfell (“diaphragm”) + Riss (“rupture”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Zwerchfellriss m (strong, genitive Zwerchfellrisses, plural Zwerchfellrisse)
- (medicine) a rupture of the diaphragm
- (humor) a fictional disease arising from too much laughing
- Von seinen Erzählungen habe ich einen Zwerchfellriss bekommen
- I laughed like mad at his tales
- (literally, “I got a diaphragm rupture from his tales”)
Inflection
[edit]Declension of Zwerchfellriss [masculine, strong]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der | Zwerchfellriss | die | Zwerchfellrisse |
| genitive | eines | des | Zwerchfellrisses | der | Zwerchfellrisse |
| dative | einem | dem | Zwerchfellriss, Zwerchfellrisse1 | den | Zwerchfellrissen |
| accusative | einen | den | Zwerchfellriss | die | Zwerchfellrisse |
1Now rare, see notes.
Further reading
[edit]- “Zwerchfellriss” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Zwerchfellriss” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon