Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

verfremdungseffekt

/vɜːˈfɹɛm.duŋs.əˌfɛkt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ver-frem-dungsef-fekt
IPA: /vɜːˈfɹɛm.duŋs.əˌfɛkt/

38

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative letter-case form of Verfremdungseffekt.

noun

Brecht's distancing effect.

Example Sentences

"Brecht's famous ‘Verfremdungseffekte’^([sic]) or ‘alienation effect’, intended to counter the magical associations of stage illusion and the tendency for spellbound audiences to identify emotionally with characters on stage, both of which Brecht found abhorrent."
"In the 1960s, Christopher Goodwin, who's in this production, worked with someone from [Brecht's theatre]^([sic]) the Berliner Ensemble and dared to ask her about the Verfremdungseffekt. And she went: “It's just something he said at a lunchtime.”"

Etymology

Borrowed from German Verfremdungseffekt.

Inflected Forms

verfremdungseffekte (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

defamiliarisation

Synonyms

alienation estrangement

Questions

How do you pronounce verfremdungseffekt?: The recorded pronunciation is /vɜːˈfɹɛm.duŋs.əˌfɛkt/.
What does verfremdungseffekt mean?: Alternative letter-case form of Verfremdungseffekt.
Where does verfremdungseffekt come from?: Borrowed from German Verfremdungseffekt.

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