Cliché

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German

Noun

Cliché n (strong, genitive Clichés, plural Clichés)

  1. (non-Switzerland) Superseded spelling of Klischee.
  2. (Switzerland) Alternative form of Klischee
    • 2013 May 21, Mascha Madörin, “Leerstellen feministischer Ökonomie: Lenin, Bourdieu und die Marche”, in WOZ:
      Solche eingefleischten Clichés prägen die Beziehungen zwischen Frauen und Männern.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

  • The spelling Cliché was deprecated in 1996 in the German spelling reform of 1996 (the Rechtschreibreform).
  • (Switzerland) The spelling Cliché has been an optional spelling since 2017.

Declension