Reklame

See also: reklame

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French réclame. Cognate with English reclaim.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʁeˈklaːmə/
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Noun

Reklame f (genitive Reklame, plural Reklamen)

  1. (somewhat dated) advertisement
    Synonym: Werbung
    • 1922 October, Franz Kafka, “Ein Hungerkünstler”, in Die neue Rundschau‎, volume 33, S. Fischer Verlag, page 985:
      Vierzig Tage etwa konnte man erfahrungsgemäß durch allmählich sich steigernde Reklame das Interesse einer Stadt immer mehr aufstacheln, dann aber versagte das Publikum, eine wesentliche Abnahme des Zuspruches war festzustellen; […]
      According to experience one could more and more spur the interest of a town for forty days by gradually increasing advertisement, but then the audience failed, a significant decrease of popularity could be noticed; […]

Usage notes
  • Although originally quite common, the word is becoming increasingly outdated and supplanted by the synonymous Werbung.

Declension
Declension of Reklame [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Reklame die Reklamen
genitive einer der Reklame der Reklamen
dative einer der Reklame den Reklamen
accusative eine die Reklame die Reklamen

Descendants
  • → Hungarian: reklám
  • → Polish: reklama
  • → Romanian: reclamă

Further reading
  • “Reklame” in Duden online
  • “Reklame” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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