Desertation

== German == === Etymology === From desertieren +‎ -ation, formed by wrong analogy with other Latinate verbs in -ieren which form a corresponding noun in -ation, such as deklinieren (from Latin declinare) → Deklination (from Latin declinatio), and possibly in part by confusion with the similar-sounding Dissertation. The proper Latinate form is Desertion. === Pronunciation === === Noun === Desertation f (genitive Desertation, plural Desertationen) desertion Synonyms: Desertion, Fahnenflucht ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Desertation”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Desertation” in Duden online Desertation on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de