Kollaps

See also: kollaps

German

Etymology

19th century, learned borrowing from Latin collāpsus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔlaps/
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

Noun

Kollaps m (strong, genitive Kollapses or Kollaps, plural Kollapse)

  1. synonym of Kreislaufzusammenbruch (“syncope, circulatory collapse”)
    Synonym: (medical parlance) Synkope
    Einer der Marathonläufer erlitt einen Kollaps und kam ins Krankenhaus.
    One of the marathon runners collapsed and was hospitalized.
  2. (figurative) collapse, breaking down of a system, function
    Synonym: Zusammenbruch
    Die vielen Anfragen führten zum zeitweiligen Kollaps der Webseite.
    The large number enquiries caused the website to break down temporarily.
  3. (rare) collapse of a building, structure
    Synonyms: Einsturz, Zusammenbruch

Declension

Declension of Kollaps [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Kollaps die Kollapse
genitive eines des Kollapses, Kollaps der Kollapse
dative einem dem Kollaps, Kollapse1 den Kollapsen
accusative einen den Kollaps die Kollapse

1Now rare, see notes.

Hyponyms

Further reading

  • “Kollaps”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)
  • “Kollaps” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Kollaps” in Duden online
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