Relief

Relief

See also: relief, reliéf, and reliëf

German

Etymology

18th century, from French relief, itself semantically after Italian rilievo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /reˈli̯ɛf/, [ʁɛlˈjɛf], [ʁeːl-], (seldom) [ʁeˈljɛf], [ˌʁɛ.liˈɛf], [ˌʁeː-]
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)
  • Hyphenation: Re‧li‧ef

Noun

Relief n (strong, genitive Reliefs, plural Reliefs or (rare) Reliefe)

  1. (art) relief (kind of sculpture)
  2. (geology) relief

Declension

Declension of Relief [neuter, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Relief die Reliefs, Reliefe
genitive eines des Reliefs der Reliefs, Reliefe
dative einem dem Relief den Reliefs, Reliefen
accusative ein das Relief die Reliefs, Reliefe

Further reading

  • “Relief”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)
  • “Relief” in Duden online
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