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German
- Campagne (alternatively in Switzerland, else obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from French campagne.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kamˈpanjə/
- Hyphenation: Kam‧pa‧g‧ne
Noun
Kampagne f (genitive Kampagne, plural Kampagnen)
- campaign
- Synonym: Feldzug
Usage notes
- Use is rather rare both for military campaigns (for which Feldzug) and electoral campaigns (for which Wahlkampf). The usual context in German is that of a publicity campaign, e.g. by a politician against some vice, by a newspaper against some public figure, by a company for some product.
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Further reading
- “Kampagne” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Kampagne” in Duden online