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Otti übt seine Rede vor dem Spiegel, bis sie an Überzeugungskraft gewinnt. Otti practises his speech in front of the mirror until it gains in persuasiveness.

noun · C1

die Überzeugungskraft

[yːbɐˈt͡sɔɪ̯ɡʊŋsˌkʁaft]

persuasiveness, power of persuasion

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Declension

The noun in the four cases, with the definite article.

Case Singular Example
Nominative wer? was? die Überzeugungskraft
Accusative wen? was? die Überzeugungskraft
Dative wem? der Überzeugungskraft
Genitive wessen? der Überzeugungskraft

How the Word Is Built

Über prefix zeug root ung suffix s linking letter kraft root

über-
over, across: übersetzen (to translate), überlegen (to think over).
-ung
a noun from a verb, always feminine: wohnen → die Wohnung (flat), rechnen → die Rechnung (bill).

A compound: Überzeugung + die Kraft

The last word gives the article. More rules

Word family

überzeugenüberzeugenddie Überzeugungdie Kraft

In Otti's situations: Otti and the art of persuasion

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