German

Noun

Fassung f ‎(genitive Fassung, plural Fassungen)

1. a device which holds something else, e.g. a socket for a light-bulb, the setting of a jewel etc.
2. version

   Der Autor hat eine neue Fassung des Stückes geschrieben, da die erste kein Erfolg war.

   The author has written a new version of the play, since the first one was no success.

3. composure, self-control

   die Fassung verlieren

   to lose one's composure, get uncontrolably angry

   die Fassung bewahren

   to keep one's composure, to suppress one's emotions

Declension

Derived terms

• Kinofassung