Brzina centrifugiranja je visoka; centrifugiranje traje kratko.

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Breakdown of Brzina centrifugiranja je visoka; centrifugiranje traje kratko.

• visok: high
• trajati: to last
• kratko: briefly

Questions & Answers about Brzina centrifugiranja je visoka; centrifugiranje traje kratko.

What exactly is centrifugiranje here — a verb or a noun?

It is a noun, specifically a verbal noun built from the verb centrifugirati (“to spin” in the washing-machine sense, “to centrifuge”).

So in this sentence:

• centrifugiranje = spinning / spin cycle
• brzina centrifugiranja = the speed of spinning / spin speed

Grammatically, centrifugiranje is neuter singular.

Why is it brzina centrifugiranja and not something like brzina centrifugiranje?

Because centrifugiranja is in the genitive case.

After many nouns in Croatian, another noun is often put in the genitive to show a relationship similar to English of. So:

• brzina = speed
• centrifugiranja = of spinning

Together:

• brzina centrifugiranja = speed of spinning

This is a very common pattern in Croatian:

• vrijeme kuhanja = cooking time
• temperatura vode = water temperature
• boja auta = color of the car

So here, centrifugiranja is the genitive singular form of centrifugiranje.

Why is visoka feminine?