Contraction

Abnahme

((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume)

Abnehmen

((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume)

Abschwung

(period of economic decline or negative growth)

Annahme

(act of incurring debt; act of acquiring something (generally negative))

Anspannung

(shortening of a muscle during its use)

Ansteckung

(process of contracting or becoming infected with a disease)

Einschnürung

(shortening of a muscle during its use)

Erwerb

(act of incurring debt; act of acquiring something (generally negative))

Erwerb

(process of contracting or becoming infected with a disease)

Geburtswehe

(strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth)

Infektion

(act of incurring debt; act of acquiring something (generally negative))

Infektion

(process of contracting or becoming infected with a disease)

Kontamination

(act of incurring debt; act of acquiring something (generally negative))

Kontraktion

((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume)

Kontraktion

(shortening of a muscle during its use)

Kontraktion

(shortened form of a word, often with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe or a diacritical mark)

Kontraktur

(stage of wound healing during which the wound edges are gradually pulled together)

Kontraktur

(shortening of a muscle during its use)

Minderung

((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume)

Rezession

(period of economic decline or negative growth)

Rückgang

(period of economic decline or negative growth)

Schrumpfen

((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume)

Schrumpfung

((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume)

Schrumpfung

(stage of wound healing during which the wound edges are gradually pulled together)

Schrumpfung

(period of economic decline or negative growth)

Schwinden

((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume)

Schwindung

((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume)

Stauchung

((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume)

Verengung

((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume)

Verengung

(shortening of a muscle during its use)

Verkleinerung

((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume)

Verkürzung

((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume)

Verkürzung

(shortening of a muscle during its use)

Wehe

(strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth)

Zusammenziehen

(shortening of a muscle during its use)

Zusammenziehung

((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume)

Zusammenziehung

(shortening of a muscle during its use)

Zusammenziehung

(process whereby one or more sounds of a free morpheme are reduced or lost)

Zusammenziehung

(shortened form of a word, often with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe or a diacritical mark)

Zuziehung

(shortening of a muscle during its use)