# die Konsonantenschwächung

die Konsonantenschwächung is a German noun meaning “a sound shift whereby consonants are lenited and/or distinctions between fortis-lenis pairs lost”. Forms: der Konsonantenschwächung, die Konsonantenschwächungen.

## Forms

- Genitive: der Konsonantenschwächung
- Plural: die Konsonantenschwächungen

## Meanings

1. a sound shift whereby consonants are lenited and/or distinctions between fortis-lenis pairs lost
   - die Konsonantenschwächung im Dänischen — the consonant lenitions in Danish
2. _specifically_ a shift of this kind which occurred in many dialects of Late Middle High German

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