Zwerchfell

== German == === Etymology === zwerch +‎ Fell, where zwerch is an Upper German variant of quer (“crosswise”) preserved only in a few compounds, and Fell is used in the older sense of “hide” extended to a membrane. The sense “seat of human emotion” was acquired as a calque of Ancient Greek φρήν (phrḗn). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈt͡sʋɛʁxˌfɛl], [ˈt͡sʋɛɐ̯xˌfɛl] Hyphenation: Zwerch‧fell === Noun === Zwerchfell n (strong, genitive Zwerchfells, plural Zwerchfelle) (anatomy) diaphragm (anatomy) midriff (figurative, literary) the seat of human emotion, the heart (in idioms) the organ involved in laughter ==== Synonyms ==== Diaphragma ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Collocations ==== es war die reinste Zwerchfellmassage jemandem das Zwerchfell massieren (jemandem, das, massieren) unter dem Zwerchfell gelegen (subphrenic) zwerchfellerschütterndes Gelächter (Gelächter ) zwerchfellerschütterndes Lachen (Lachen) === Further reading === “Zwerchfell” in Duden online “Zwerchfell”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Zwerchfell” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon