Kritik

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See also: kritik

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French critique, itself from Latin criticus, from Ancient Greek κριτικός (kritikós). Attested since the 17th century.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʁiˈtiːk/, /kʁiˈtɪk/
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Noun

Kritik f (genitive Kritik, plural Kritiken)

  1. criticism (negative judgement)
    Synonyms: Beanstandung, Tadel
  2. criticism, review (general judgement)
    Synonyms: Begutachtung, Beurteilung
    Hyponym: Selbstkritik
  3. critique, review (review of a work of art)
    Synonyms: Besprechung, Rezension
    Hyponyms: Kunstkritik, Literaturkritik, Musikkritik, Theaterkritik

Declension

Declension of Kritik
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Kritik die Kritiken
genitive einer der Kritik der Kritiken
dative einer der Kritik den Kritiken
accusative eine die Kritik die Kritiken

Derived terms

References

  • Duden. Herkunftswörterbuch. Etymologie der deutschen Sprache. 3., völlig neu bearbeitete und erweiterte Auflage. Dudenverlag, Mannheim/ Leipzig/ Wien/ Zürich 2001, Artikel „kritisch“. →ISBN

Further reading

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

Luxembourgish

Noun

Kritik f (plural Kritiken)

  1. critique, review
  2. criticism
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