Beistrich
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]bei- (“subordinate; secondary”) + Strich (“stroke,dash”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Beistrich m (strong, genitive Beistrichs, plural Beistriche)
- (especially Austria and South Tyrol) comma
- Synonym: Komma
- (Austria, colloquial, humorous, euphemistic) skid mark (A visible feces stain left on underpants, trousers, or sometimes the toilet bowl)
- Synonym: Bremsspur
Usage notes
[edit]- The word Beistrich can only be used to mean "comma" in the sense of "punctuation mark". For the decimal marker, only the word Komma is used.
Declension
[edit]Declension of Beistrich [masculine, strong]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | ein | der | Beistrich | die | Beistriche |
genitive | eines | des | Beistrichs | der | Beistriche |
dative | einem | dem | Beistrich | den | Beistrichen |
accusative | einen | den | Beistrich | die | Beistriche |
Further reading
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- German terms prefixed with bei-
- German 2-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:German/ɪç
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- German lemmas
- German nouns
- German masculine nouns
- Austrian German
- South Tyrolean German
- German colloquialisms
- German humorous terms
- German euphemisms
- de:Punctuation marks