Meaning

2 senses
  1. (usually)A point in writing where a word is split so that part of it is relegated to the next line, typically at the end of a syllable and marked with a hyphen: an intersyllabic division.

    Worttrennung

  2. A word boundary, as operationally defined by either linguistics or computing.

Examples

4 sentences
  1. The person who breaks his word breaks also a hope.

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  2. If you weren't careless, your word processor wouldn't break down.

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  3. One more word and I'll break your neck!

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  4. It only takes a word to break a heart. But neither an apology nor a lifetime is enough to mend it.

    deEs braucht nur ein Wort, um ein Herz zu brechen, aber weder eine Entschuldigung noch ein ganzes Leben reichen, um es wieder ganz zu machen.

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Translations

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By meaning 1
a point in writing where a word is split so that part of it is relegated to the next line, typically at the end of a syllable and marked with a hyphen:

Origin

From word + break.

From word + break.

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