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Entfernung

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German

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Etymology

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    From entfernen +‎ -ung.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ɛntˈfɛʁnʊŋ/
    • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)
    • Hyphenation: Ent‧fer‧nung

    Noun

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    Entfernung f (genitive Entfernung, plural Entfernungen)

    1. distance
    2. removal
    3. (medicine, in compounds) -ectomy (generally alongside a specialist, not widely understood word in -ektomie)
      Gebärmutterentfernunghysterectomy

    Declension

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