English-German translation for "derivation"

"derivation" German translation

derivation
[deriˈveiʃən; -rə-]noun | Substantiv s

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Ab-, Herleitung Herausholen, Erhalten Herkunft, Ursprung, Abstammung Derivation, Ableitung Derivation, Ableitung, Etymologie, etymologische Ableitung Ableitung
  • Ab-, Herleitungfeminine | Femininum f
    derivation deduction
    derivation deduction
  • Herausholenneuter | Neutrum n
    derivation act of deriving: useet cetera, and so on | etc., und so weiter etc
    Erhaltenneuter | Neutrum n (from aus)
    derivation act of deriving: useet cetera, and so on | etc., und so weiter etc
    derivation act of deriving: useet cetera, and so on | etc., und so weiter etc
  • Herkunftfeminine | Femininum f
    derivation origin
    Ursprungmasculine | Maskulinum m
    derivation origin
    Abstammungfeminine | Femininum f
    derivation origin
    derivation origin
  • Derivationfeminine | Femininum f
    derivation mathematics mathematics | Mathematik MathematikMATH
    Ableitungfeminine | Femininum f (einer Funktion)
    derivation mathematics mathematics | Mathematik MathematikMATH
    derivation mathematics mathematics | Mathematik MathematikMATH
  • Derivationfeminine | Femininum f
    derivation linguistics | SprachwissenschaftLING of word
    Ableitung
    derivation linguistics | SprachwissenschaftLING of word
    derivation linguistics | SprachwissenschaftLING of word
  • Etymologiefeminine | Femininum f
    derivation linguistics | SprachwissenschaftLING etymology
    etymologische Ableitung
    derivation linguistics | SprachwissenschaftLING etymology
    derivation linguistics | SprachwissenschaftLING etymology
  • Ableitungfeminine | Femininum f
    derivation medicine | MedizinMED
    derivation medicine | MedizinMED
Es war irgendwie ein Scherz, weil es aus dem griechischen eine Doppelbedeutung hat.
It was a kind of joke, because it's got a double derivation from the Greek.
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