Top Ten
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See also: top ten
German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from English top ten.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Top Ten pl (plural only)
Usage notes[edit]
- The Duden prescribes that unadapted borrowings from English consisting of an adjective and a noun (that carries the stress) be written spaced (Top Ten). The hyphenated (Top-Ten) and solid (Topten) spellings are proscribed.[1]
Declension[edit]
Declension of Top Ten [pl-only]
References[edit]
- ^ “Schreibung von Fremdwörtern aus dem Englischen [Spelling of loan words from English]”, in Duden[1] (in German), Cornelsen Verlag GmbH, (Can we date this quote?), archived from the original on 2023-01-20
Further reading[edit]
- Top Ten on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- “Top Ten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Top Ten” in Duden online
- “Top Ten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon