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German
- Final m (Switzerland; only in the sport sense)
Pronunciation
Noun
Finale n (strong, genitive Finales or Finals, plural Finale or Finals)
- (sports) final
- finale
Usage notes
- The general declension is with a genitive des Finales and plural die Finale.
- The form Finals, both for the genitive and the plural, originally belongs to the Swiss German variant Final. It is now often used for the German/Austrian Finale as well, but only in the sport sense. Given the fact that either plural may sound awkward, Endspiele or less often Finalspiele may be preferred.
Declension
Synonyms
- (sports): Endspiel (match between two sides); Endkampf (competition with more than two sides)
Further reading
- “Finale” in Duden online
- “Finale” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache