Stress

See also: stress and Streß

German

Alternative forms

• Streß (pre-1996 spelling)

Etymology

Ca. 1950, from English stress.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃtʁɛs/

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• IPA^(key): /stʁɛs/ (rare, archaic)

Noun

Stress m (strong, genitive Stresses, plural Stresse)

1. (usually uncountable) stress (emotional pressure)
2. (usually uncountable, colloquial) dispute, quarrel, beef

Declension

Declension of Stress [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Stress	die	Stresse
genitive	eines	des	Stresses	der	Stresse
dative	einem	dem	Stress, Stresse1	den	Stressen
accusative	einen	den	Stress	die	Stresse

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• stressen
• stressig

Further reading

• “Stress” in Duden online
• “Stress” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache