Verschärfung

Meaning

1. (feminine) tightening, intensification
2. (feminine) Holtzmann's law: a sound change whereby Proto-Germanic *jj became ddj in Gothic and ggj in Old Norse, while *ww became ggw in both Gothic and Old Norse.

Concepts

intensification

radicalization

radicalisation

deepening

exacerbation

become a radical

Synonyms

Verschlimmerung

Verstärkung

Steigerung

Zuspitzung

Ausweitung

Eskalation

Radikalisierung

Verschlechterung

Progression

Erhöhung

Vertiefung

Erbitterung

Erhärtung

Hebung

Intensivierung

Erschwernis

Ausuferung

Eskalierung

Pointierung

Translations

intensificació

επίταση

επιδείνωση

intensification

radicalisation

esacerbamento

esacerbazione

intensificazione

radicalizzazione

radicalisering

intensificacion

intensificação

radicalização

agravamiento

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fɛʁˈʃɛʁfʊŋ/

Etymology

Cognate with Danish: skærpe

In summary

verschärfen + -ung; see Danish skærpe and skærpelse for a similar metaphor.