Desaster

German

Etymology

Ca. 1800, from French désastre, itself from Italian disastro. The now predominant pronunciation with a long vowel is unusual; English influence would be a plausible but speculative explanation.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /deˈza(ː)stər/, [deˈzaːs.tɐ], [də-], [-ˈzas-]
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Noun

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

  1. disaster

Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Further reading
  • “Desaster” in Duden online
  • “Desaster” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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