Affäre

See also: affare and affære

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French affaire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈfɛːʀə/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
• IPA^(key): /aˈfeːʀə/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Af‧fä‧re

Noun

Affäre f (genitive Affäre, plural Affären)

1. affair, business, scandal (a situation where someone's actions have come under scrutiny on suspicion of misconduct, especially once it is being publicly reported on)
2. affair, fling (an adulterous relationship)

Declension

Declension of Affäre [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Affäre	die	Affären
genitive	einer	der	Affäre	der	Affären
dative	einer	der	Affäre	den	Affären
accusative	eine	die	Affäre	die	Affären

Derived terms

• Sexaffäre
• sich aus der Affäre ziehen
• Spendenaffäre

Further reading

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