fingerbreit

== German == === Etymology === Zero derivation of Fingerbreit, itself a compound of Finger (“finger”) +‎ breit (“broad, wide”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈfɪŋɐˌbʁaɪ̯t] Hyphenation: fin‧ger‧breit Homophone: Fingerbreit === Adjective === fingerbreit (strong nominative masculine singular fingerbreiter, not comparable) by or of a fingerbreadth/fingersbreadth; finger-wide, (as) wide as a finger Synonyms: daumenbreit, zollbreit Antonyms: fußbreit, handbreit, spaltbreit 1964, Günter Grass: Die Blechtrommel. Roman. 323.–372. Tausend, Frankfurt am Main: S. Fischer Verlag, page 126:Translation:2009, Günter Grass, translation by Breon Mitchell: The Tin Drum. Boston/New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, page 142: ==== Declension ==== ==== See also ==== Fingerbreit Fingerbreite ==== Further reading ==== “fingerbreit” in Duden online “fingerbreit” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “fingerbreit” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon