Breakdown of Brzina centrifugiranja je visoka; centrifugiranje traje kratko.
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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.
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.