Film

See also: film

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English film.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfɪlm/
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Rhymes: -ɪlm

Noun

Film m (strong, genitive Filmes or Films, plural Filme, diminutive Filmchen n)

film (a thin layer of some substance)
(photography) photographic film
motion picture

Declension

Declension of Film [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Film	die	Filme
genitive	eines	des	Filmes, Films	der	Filme
dative	einem	dem	Film, Filme¹	den	Filmen
accusative	einen	den	Film	die	Filme

¹Now rare, see notes.

Hyponyms

Abenteuerfilm m
Actionfilm m
Autorenfilm m
Bergfilm m
Debütfilm m
Fantasyfilm m
Gleitfilm m
Heimatfilm m
Horrorfilm m (“horror film”)
Jugendfilm m
Katastrophenfilm m
Kinderfilm m
Kinofilm m
Kriegsfilm m
Kurzfilm m
Liebesfilm m
Märchenfilm m
Ölfilm m
Röntgenfilm m (“X-ray film”)
Schmierfilm m
Spielfilm m (“feature film”)
Stummfilm m (“silent film, silent movie”)
Tanzfilm m
Tierfilm m
Tonfilm m (“sound film”)
verfilmen (“to make a film of”)
Zeichentrickfilm m (“cartoon film”)

Related terms

Dünnfilmtransistor m (“thin-film transistor”)
Filmadaption
Filmgenre
Filmkomödie
Filmlustspiel
Filmschauspieler
Filmstar m (“movie star, film star”)
Filmtechnik f (“film / cinematography technology”)

Descendants

→ Estonian: film
→ Silesian: film

Further reading

“Film” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Film” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
“Film” in Duden online

Luxembourgish

Noun

Film m (plural Filmer)

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