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Meaning of "retroflex" in the German dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD RETROFLEX

zu lateinisch retroflexum, 2. Partizip von: retroflectere = zurückbiegen.
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PRONUNCIATION OF RETROFLEX IN GERMAN

retroflex  [retroflẹx] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RETROFLEX

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
interjection
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retroflex is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES RETROFLEX MEAN IN GERMAN?

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Retroflex

Retroflex

A retroflex (from lat. Retrō "back" and flectere "bending") is an apico-postalveolar or sublamino-prepalatal language, that is, when it is formed, the tip of the tongue or tongue is placed behind the tooth. The tongue bends back upwards. Another common name for retroflex, especially in indology, is cerebral (from lat. Cerebrum "brain, skull"). IPA Description Example ɖ voiced retroflexer Plosiv (retroflexes d) Swedish (table), Hindi डाल (branch) ʈ voiceless retroflexer Plosiv (retroflexes t) Swedish kort (short), Hindi टमाटर (tomato) ʂ voiceless retroflexer fricative (retroflexes voiceless S) swedish (first), chinese shān 山 (mountain) ʐ voiced retroflexer fricative (retroflexes voiced s) chin Zhongguo 中 国 பழம பழம பழம பழம பழம பழம பழம பழம பழம பழம பழம பழம பழம பழம பழம பழம பழம பழம பழம பழம பழம பழம பழம பழம பழம பழம பழம பழம பழம பழம பழம பழம பழம பழம N N N N N. Ein Retroflex (v. lat. retrō „zurück“ u. flectere „biegen“) ist ein apiko-postalveolarer oder sublamino-präpalataler Sprachlaut, das heißt, bei seiner Bildung wird die Zungenspitze oder das Zungenblatt hinter den Zahndamm gelegt. Die Zunge biegt sich nach oben zurück. Eine andere, vor allem in der Indologie gebräuchliche, Bezeichnung für Retroflex ist Zerebral (v. lat. cerebrum „Gehirn, Schädel“). IPA Beschreibung Beispiel ɖ stimmhafter retroflexer Plosiv (retroflexes d) schwed. bord (Tisch), Hindi डाल (Zweig) ʈ stimmloser retroflexer Plosiv (retroflexes t) schwed. kort (kurz), Hindi टमाटर (Tomate) ʂ stimmloser retroflexer Frikativ (retroflexes stimmloses s) schwed. först (zuerst), chin. shān 山 (Berg) ʐ stimmhafter retroflexer Frikativ (retroflexes stimmhaftes s) chin. Zhongguo 中国, Tamil பழம் (Frucht) ɳ stimmhafter retroflexer Nasal (retroflexes n) schwed.

Definition of retroflex in the German dictionary

formed with the bent-back tongue tip; cerebral. mit der zurückgebogenen Zungenspitze gebildet; zerebral.
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GERMAN WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RETROFLEX


Abwehrreflex
Ạbwehrreflex
Achillessehnenreflex
Achịllessehnenreflex
Eigenreflex
E̲i̲genreflex
Fremdreflex
Frẹmdreflex
Greifreflex
Gre̲i̲freflex [ˈɡra͜ifreflɛks]
Hautreflex
Ha̲u̲treflex
Hustenreflex
Hu̲stenreflex
Kniesehnenreflex
Kni̲e̲sehnenreflex
Lichtreflex
Lịchtreflex [ˈlɪçtreflɛks]
Ninoflex
Ninoflẹx
Patellarreflex
Patella̲rreflex
Reflex
Reflẹx 
Saugreflex
Sa̲u̲greflex [ˈza͜ukreflɛks]
Sehnenreflex
Se̲hnenreflex [ˈzeːnənreflɛks]
Speichelreflex
Spe̲i̲chelreflex [ˈʃpa͜içl̩reflɛks]
Vestibularreflex
Vestibula̲rreflex
Würgereflex
Wụ̈rgereflex
Zirkumflex
Zịrkumflex

GERMAN WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RETROFLEX

retro
Retro
retroaktiv
retrobulbär
retrodatieren
Retrodesign
Retroflexion
retrograd
Retrokognition
retrolental
Retrolook
retronasal
retroperitoneal
Retrospektion
retrospektiv
Retrospektive
Retrospiel
retrosternal

GERMAN WORDS THAT END LIKE RETROFLEX

Alex
Flex
Fragenkomplex
Gebäudekomplex
Gesamtkomplex
Ilex
Kaspar-Hauser-Komplex
Minderwertigkeitskomplex
Silex
Simplex
Symptomenkomplex
Telex
Themenkomplex
Wohnkomplex
duplex
exlex
hochkomplex
komplex
multiplex
perplex

Synonyms and antonyms of retroflex in the German dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «retroflex» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RETROFLEX

Find out the translation of retroflex to 25 languages with our German multilingual translator.
The translations of retroflex from German to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «retroflex» in German.

Translator German - Chinese

卷舌音
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator German - Spanish

vuelto hacia atrás
570 millions of speakers

Translator German - English

retroflex
510 millions of speakers

Translator German - Hindi

टेढा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator German - Arabic

retroflex
280 millions of speakers

Translator German - Russian

ретрофлексивный
278 millions of speakers

Translator German - Portuguese

retroflex
270 millions of speakers

Translator German - Bengali

retroflex
260 millions of speakers

Translator German - French

retroflex
220 millions of speakers

Translator German - Malay

terkedik
190 millions of speakers

German

retroflex
180 millions of speakers

Translator German - Japanese

反転音
130 millions of speakers

Translator German - Korean

retroflex
85 millions of speakers

Translator German - Javanese

retroflex
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator German - Vietnamese

retroflex
80 millions of speakers

Translator German - Tamil

வளைகிற
75 millions of speakers

Translator German - Marathi

मागील बाजूस वाकणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator German - Turkish

retroflex
70 millions of speakers

Translator German - Italian

retroflessa
65 millions of speakers

Translator German - Polish

retroflex
50 millions of speakers

Translator German - Ukrainian

ретрофлексівний
40 millions of speakers

Translator German - Romanian

retroflex
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator German - Greek

ανακεκομμένο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator German - Afrikaans

retroflex
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator German - Swedish

retroflex
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator German - Norwegian

retroflex
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of retroflex

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RETROFLEX»

The term «retroflex» is quite widely used and occupies the 49.855 position in our list of most widely used terms in the German dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RETROFLEX» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «retroflex» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «retroflex» appears in digitalised printed sources in German between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the German literature, quotes and news about retroflex

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10 GERMAN BOOKS RELATING TO «RETROFLEX»

Discover the use of retroflex in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to retroflex and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in German literature.
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Geschlechtsspezifische Variation im Southern American ...
(6) Thursday (002.1F P) <{r}> = weakly retroflex F M <thurzdT> 265(70.7%) 250( 60.4%) <thu[r]zd!> 65(17.3%) 108(26.1%) <thu{r}zdr> 45(12.0%) 56(13.5%) Gesamt 375 414 p < 0.01 p < 0.01 n. s. (10) (11) morning (002.2 P) <{r}> = weakly  ...
Thomas Schönweitz, 1999
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Phonologie: eine Einführung
Das englische 'r' (vgl. read) wird in vielen Dialekten retroflex ([]) realisiert. Palatale sind Laute, die dadurch produziert werden, daß sich das (vordere) Dorsum dem harten Gaumen (dem Palatum) nähert. Der letzte Laut in ich ist ein Beispiel ...
T. Alan Hall, 2011
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Einführung in die Phonetik
Wie die Frikative der vorangehenden Artikulationsstellen (alveolar, postalveolar, retroflex) gehören auch die alveolopalatalen Frikative [Û/ Ù] zur Gruppe der mit längs gerillter Zunge (engl. grooved) produzierten sogenannten Sibilanten (auch  ...
Bernd Pompino-Marschall, 2009
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A Manual of English Phonetics and Phonology: Twelve Lessons ...
(5) Postalveolar sounds are made with the tongue tip approaching or touching the rear of the alveolar ridge or the area just behind it. There is only one postalveolar in English, namely the lenis IxI as in red. (6) Retroflex sounds [from Latin ...
Peter Burleigh, 2005
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Comparative-historical Linguistics: Indo-European and ...
however, is less cogent: He argues that the above passage indicates that there was a general choice or option between dental and retroflex sibilant and nasal in the actual recitation of the text. And he takes this variation to support the view that  ...
Bela Brogyanyi, Reiner Lipp, 1993
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Papers from the 6th International Conference on Historical ...
very simitar to the English / in words like full, bell.6 The development from dental / to retroflex / went through an intermediate stage, where [1] had replaced dental / especially after [u] and [u].7 The development of the lateral system can be ...
Jacek Fisiak, 1985
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Indogermanische Forschungen 2009: Zeitschrift Fur ...
On the other hand the elimination of preglottalization in the language of the extant OIA texts seems to be assured by the evidence in the texts of stops at five places of articulation, including a contrast between dental and retroflex, both features ...
Karl Brugmann, Wilhelm Streitberg, Wolfgang P. Schmid, 2009
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Die Sprache von Nisheygram im afghanischen Hindukusch
1.1.1 Verschlußlaute /p/ stimmlos bilabial Pol Iii stimmlos dental Idl Iii stimmlos retroflex Idl IkJ stimmlos velar Igl /q/ stimmlos uvular (Minimalpaare: ati "hierher" : ati "Knochen", tc "die" kuta "lahm", dal- "spalten" : dal "Pfahl", karati "fett" stimmhaft ...
Almuth Degener, 1998
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Current Progress in Afro-Asiatic Linguistics: Papers of the ...
Retroflex stop(s) *(d/t) Above, in section 1.3, under the discussion on medial t, I suggested that one or two retroflex dental/alveolar stops might have to be reconstructed to account for certain correspondences between r, r, y, and t in the modern ...
James Bynon, 1984
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Berliner klinische Wochenschrift
IX. 93. Uteraa vorne. 81. X. 98. Uterus vorne. Entfernung der Nähte. März 94. Normale Genital. Gebärm. ante- vertirt. 43. Franr, 81 J., verh. 1 Partus. Dolor, coeund. Kreuzschmerzen, Blutungen. Prolaps, vagin. et uteri retroflex. Endometr. 11. IX.

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RETROFLEX»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term retroflex is used in the context of the following news items.
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'Approximating Vibrant Retroflex Self-constriction' at Carré D'art ...
Carré D'art-musée D'art Contemporain presents Abraham Cruzvillegas' “Approximating Vibrant Retroflex Self-constriction” that will run through February 19, ... «BLOUIN ARTINFO, Oct 16»
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Retroflexion in the right colon: Why to do it.
Simply put, sometimes the only way to physically get to whatever it is you need to reach, is to retroflex the scope in the right colon. Usually this is done to resect a ... «Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News, Aug 16»
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Turn your a7S II and a7R II into hipster cams with the latest ...
The original Redrockmicro Retroflex was designed for hipsters and others who wanted to make their modern digital cameras look more like a retro super8 ... «Newsshooter, Aug 16»
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Retroflexion in the right colon: How to do it.
Since the name of my site is Retroflexions, it's about time I wrote an article about how to retroflex! More specifically, how does one retroflex in the right colon? «Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News, Aug 16»
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看复古配件如何把你的数码相机变成一部Super 8
虽然Retroflex S问世已有一段时间,但制作公司Redrock Micro最近才发布了适配索尼A7系列全画幅无反相机的机型。现在,你可以把自己的A7 II、A7S II或者A7R II变 ... «中华网, Jul 16»
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Go retro with a camera rig that makes Sony A7 look old-school
It's times like these when you need Redrock Micro's Retroflex S rig, a camera add-on designed to add stability and features to your camera while turning it into a ... «Digital Trends, Jul 16»
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Badagu tribes get font in their language
It is known for its retroflex vowels. It has similarities with neighbouring Kannada and has now been identified as an independent language by French linguistic ... «Times of India, Jun 16»
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PCMC Combines Technologies for Fusion C Press
... BST Eltromat, CMA/Flodyne/Hydradyne, Flimquest Group, Inc., Flint Group, Ink Spec, Klockner Pentaplast, Pamarco, Praxair, Retroflex, Rol-tec and Rossini. «packagePrinting, May 16»
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无反相机也能瞬间变身复古super 8mm摄像机
早前的RetroFlex-S只能支持Blackmagic Pocket Camera相机,而在最新的版本中RetroFlex-S则加入了对索尼APS-C画幅系列无反相机的支持。不过该产品并不 ... «环球网, Feb 16»
10
Building supplier goes bust
Insolvency practitioner FTI Consulting was appointed receivers and managers of Retroflex earlier this month, while this week, HLB Mann Judd's insolvency ... «Business News, Feb 16»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. retroflex [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-de/retroflex>. May 2024 ».
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