Fingerbreit

== German == === Alternative forms === Finger breit === Etymology === Finger (“finger”) +‎ breit (“broad, wide”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈfɪŋɐˌbʁaɪ̯t] Hyphenation: Fin‧ger‧breit Homophone: fingerbreit === Noun === Fingerbreit m (strong, genitive Fingerbreit, plural Fingerbreit) A (usually approximate and informal) unit of measurement based upon the radial width of the human finger; fingerbreadth/fingersbreadth/finger’s-breadth, (by extension, figurative) inch Synonyms: Daumenbreit, Zollbreit Antonyms: Fußbreit, Handbreit, Spaltbreit 1927, Franz Kafka, with a postscript by Max Brod: Amerika. Roman. [First edition.] München: Kurt Wolff Verlag, page 92–93:Translation:2012, Franz Kafka, with an introduction by Edwin Muir and a postscript by Max Brod: America. London: Vintage Books, page 67: 1964, Günter Grass: Die Blechtrommel. Roman. 323.–372. Tausend, Frankfurt am Main: S. Fischer Verlag, page 47:Translation:2009, Günter Grass, translation by Breon Mitchell: The Tin Drum. Boston/New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, page 49: ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== fingerbreit ==== See also ==== Fingerbreite === Further reading === “Fingerbreit” in Duden online “Fingerbreit” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Fingerbreit” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon