Reflexion

See also: reflexion, réflexion, and reflexión

German

3. Reflexion

Etymology

Borrowed from French réflexion.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /reflɛkˈsi̯oːn/
Hyphenation: Re‧fle‧xi‧on

Noun

Reflexion f (genitive Reflexion, plural Reflexionen)

reflection (act of reflecting; thinking)
(programming, object-oriented programming) reflection
(optics) reflection (the state of being reflected)

Usage notes

Not used in spoken language, which favours Reflektion.

Declension

Declension of Reflexion

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Reflexion	die	Reflexionen
genitive	einer	der	Reflexion	der	Reflexionen
dative	einer	der	Reflexion	den	Reflexionen
accusative	eine	die	Reflexion	die	Reflexionen

Synonyms

Reflektion

Further reading

Reflexion in Duden online

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