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🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Zwischenraum

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /ˈtsvɪʃn̩ˌʁaʊm/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Interstice/ɪnˈtɜː.stɪs/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #14500 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Kleine Insekten verstecken sich im Zwischenraum der Rinde."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An intervening space, especially a very small or narrow one between things or parts.

    "Tiny moss grew within the damp interstices of the old stone wall."
  2. 2

    An intervening space of time; an interval.

    "She managed to write three chapters during the brief interstices of her busy teaching schedule."
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Synonyms (3)
Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'interstitium', combining 'inter-' (between) and 'sistere' (to stand or stop). Entering Middle French and subsequently Middle English in the 15th century, it originally referred to a space that intervenes between things or a short interval of time.

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