Type
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Etymology
Borrowed from French type, from Latin typus, from Ancient Greek τῠ́πος (túpos).
Pronunciation
Noun
Type f (genitive Type, plural Typen)
- a type in typesetting
- Synonym: Letter
- Die Typen liegen im Setzkasten.
- The types are in the type case.
- a type of a typewriter or some kinds of printer
- Die Typen sind verklemmt.
- The types are jammed.
- (dated) an unspecified person referred to in a somewhat respectless way; bloke
- Synonym: Typ
- Was für ’ne komische Type!
- What an odd fellow!
Declension
Declension of Type [feminine]
Derived terms
Related terms
- Stenotypist
- Typenhebel
- Typenrad
- Typenreiniger
References
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