See also: stress and Streß German Wikipedia has an article on:StressWikipedia de Alternative forms Streß (pre-1996 spelling) Etymology Ca. 1950, from English stress. Pronunciation IPA(key): /ʃtʁɛs/ Audio:(file) IPA(key): /stʁɛs/ (rare, archaic) Noun Stress m (strong, genitive Stresses, plural Stresse) (usually uncountable) stress (emotional pressure) (usually uncountable, colloquial) dispute, quarrel, beef Declension More information singular, plural ... singular plural indef. def. noun def. noun nominative ein der Stress die Stresse genitive eines des Stresses der Stresse dative einem dem Stress, Stresse1 den Stressen accusative einen den Stress die Stresse Close Declension of Stress [masculine, strong] 1Now rare, see notes. Derived terms stressen stressig Further reading “Stress” in Duden online “Stress” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache