Kampagne

• Campagne (alternatively in Switzerland, else obsolete)

Borrowed from French campagne.

• IPA^(key): /kamˈpanjə/

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• Hyphenation: Kam‧pa‧g‧ne

Kampagne f (genitive Kampagne, plural Kampagnen)

1. campaign

   Synonym: Feldzug

• Use is rather rare both for military campaigns (for which Feldzug) and electoral campaigns (for which Wahlkampf). The usual context in German is that of a publicity campaign, e.g. by a politician against some vice, by a newspaper against some public figure, by a company for some product.

• Anzeigenkampagne, Reklamekampagne, Werbekampagne (“ad campaign”)
• Aufklärungskampagne, Informationskampagne, Desinformationskampagne (“disinformation campaign”)
• Medienkampagne (“media campaign”)
• Diffamierungskampagne, Rufmordkampagne, Verleumdungskampagne (“smear campaign”)
• Hetzkampagne (“vendetta, malicious smear campaign”)
• Impfkampagne (“vaccination campaign”)
• Schmierenkampagne, Schmutzkampagne (“smear campaign”)
• Wahlkampagne (“election campaign”)

• → Hungarian: kampány

• “Kampagne” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Kampagne” in Duden online