Deppenleerzeichen

== German == === Alternative forms === Deppen Leer Zeichen (humorous deliberate misspelling) === Etymology === From Depp (“idiot”) +‎ -en- +‎ Leerzeichen (“space [character]”). Compare English idiot's apostrophe, another name for the greengrocer's apostrophe. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdɛpn̩ˌleːɐ̯t͡saɪ̯çn̩/ Hyphenation: Dep‧pen‧leer‧zei‧chen === Noun === Deppenleerzeichen n (strong, genitive Deppenleerzeichens, plural Deppenleerzeichen) (derogatory, colloquial) A space incorrectly dividing a compound word. Coordinate term: Deppenapostroph (“greengrocer's apostrophe”, literally “idiot's apostrophe”) ==== Declension ==== ==== Hypernyms ==== Leerzeichen Rechtschreibfehler === Further reading === Leerzeichen in Komposita on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de “Deppenleerzeichen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German)