Onomatopöie

• IPA^(key): /onomatopøˈiː/

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• Rhymes: -iː

Onomatopöie f (genitive Onomatopöie, plural Onomatopöien)

1. (rare, specialist) onomatopoeia (the use of language whose sound imitates that which it names; the property of a word of sounding like what it represents; the coining of a word in imitation of a sound)

   Synonyms: Lautmalerei, Lautnachahmung, Klangnachahmung, Schallnachahmung, Klangnachbildung, Schallwortbildung, Tonwortbildung, Wortbildung aus Naturlauten, Wortmalerei; Onomatopoiie, Onomatopoie; Onomatopoesie

• This word will be unintelligible to many, even educated speakers. The usual word in German is Lautmalerei (literally “sound painting”).

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