Akzentumsprung

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noun

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.

OriginGerman Akzentumsprung →
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Meanings

nounAkzentumsprung (uncountable)
  1. uncountableGermanic studieshuman sciencesA 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.

Origin

  1. GermanAkzentumsprung
  2. EnglishAkzentumsprung

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

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APA

Akzentumsprung. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Akzentumsprung

MLA

“Akzentumsprung.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Akzentumsprung. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Akzentumsprung,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Akzentumsprung.

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