Etymology

Akzentumsprung

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Today it means: A type of development of certain diphthongs, especially in Anglo-Frisian, that was traditionally explained as the shifting of prominence from the first component of the diphthong to the second, that is, a change from a falling diphthong to a rising one. Full definition →

German Akzentumsprung
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  1. German · borrowed fromAkzentumsprung
  2. English todayAkzentumsprung

Borrowed from German Akzentumsprung, from Akzent (“accent”) + Umsprung (“leap, sudden shift”).

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