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Aufprall

Aufprall

German

Noun

Aufprall m ‎(genitive Aufpralls or Aufpralles, plural Aufpralle, diminutive Aufprällchen n)

  1. impact (the force or energy of a collision of two objects)

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Etymology

From the compounding of the prefix auf- ‎(“on”) and Prall ‎(“collision”). From the back-formation of prallen ‎(“to collide”), from the preterite tense Middle High German pralte of Middle High German prellen ‎(“to run fast, to collide”).

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