Reklame
See also: reklame
German
Etymology
Borrowed from French réclame. Cognate with English reclaim.
Pronunciation
Noun
Reklame f (genitive Reklame, plural Reklamen)
- (somewhat dated) advertisement
- Synonym: Werbung
- 1922 October, Franz Kafka, “Ein Hungerkünstler”, in Die neue Rundschau[1], 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; […]
Declension
Declension of Reklame [feminine]
Usage notes
- Although originally quite common, the word is becoming increasingly outdated and supplanted by the synonymous Werbung.