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zweifach

Zweifach is a German term meaning twofold or twice as much. It functions as an adjective or adverb and can also be used as a noun in the form das Zweifache. In everyday speech, doppelt or zweimal are more common; zweifach tends to appear in formal, technical, or literary contexts.

As a modifier before a noun, it takes the appropriate ending: ein zweifaches Risiko, eine zweifache Belastung,

Etymology: zweifach is composed of zwei meaning two and -fach meaning fold or aspect. The word is

Related terms include doppelt and zweimal; while both can express doubling, zweifach often conveys a formal,

eine
zweifache
Lösung.
Used
adverbially,
it
can
form
phrases
such
as
zweifach
erhöht
or
zweifach
so
groß,
indicating
a
doubling
in
value
or
extent.
cognate
with
the
English
twofold.
Historically
it
appears
in
legal,
scientific,
and
scholastic
language,
where
precise
multiplication
factors
matter.
quantitative
emphasis.
The
noun
usage
das
Zweifache
refers
to
the
twofold
amount
itself,
as
in
'das
Zweifache
des
ursprünglichen
Betrags.'