Forum

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See also: forum, fórum, förum, and fórům

German

Etymology

From Latin forum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfoːʁʊm/
  • Hyphenation: Fo‧rum
  • Audio (Austria):(file)
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Noun

Forum n (strong, genitive Forums, plural Foren)

  1. forum
  2. legal venue, territorially competent jurisdiction
    Synonyms: Gerichtsstand, örtliche Zuständigkeit
    • 2021, Rechtsanwälte Dr. Ben Steinbrück, MJur (Oxford) und Dr. Markus Lieberknecht, “Grenzüberschreitende Zivilverfahren nach dem Brexit”, in Europäische Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht (EuZW)‎, page 518:
      Differenzierungen zwischen mitglied- und drittstaatlichen Foren können neben der Brüssel Ia-VO auch in bereichsspezifischen Spezialregelungen enthalten sein.
      Differentiations between member- and third-state venues can be included, beside the recast Brussels regulation, also in particular legislation for specific fields.

Declension

Declension of Forum
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Forum die Foren
genitive eines des Forums der Foren
dative einem dem Forum den Foren
accusative ein das Forum die Foren

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “Forum” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Forum” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Forum” in Duden online
  • Forum on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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