Lösung

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German lœsunge, lōsunge, from Old High German lōsunga (“redemption, payment, ransom, fraud, deception”), from Proto-West Germanic *lausungu, from Proto-Germanic *lausungō, equivalent to lösen +‎ -ung. Cognate with English leasing, Alemannic German Lösig, Icelandic lausung. Compare also Dutch oplossing. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈløːzʊŋ/ === Noun === Lösung f (genitive Lösung, plural Lösungen) solution (answer to a riddle or problem) Alkohol ist keine Lösung für ein Problem. ― Alcohol is not a solution to a problem. solution (solvent + solute; action of dissolving) Alkohol ist keine Lösung, sondern ein Destilat ― Alcohol is not a solution, but a distillate. cancellation breaking away ==== Declension ==== ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Ablösung Auflösung Auslösung Einlösung ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “Lösung”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Lösung” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Lösung” in Duden online Lösung on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de