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English
Proper noun
Label
- a language spoken in Papua New Guinea
See also
German
Etymology
Borrowed from English label.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɛɪ̯bəl/, /ˈleːbəl/
Noun
Label n (strong, genitive Labels, plural Labels or (less common) Label)
- (music) record label
- Synonyms: Musiklabel, Plattenlabel, Plattenfirma
2022 July 8, Benjamin Moldenhauer, “Free-Jazz-Ikone Albert Ayler: Hoch die agnostische Transzendenz!”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:Die Alben, die er [Albert Ayler] für das Label Impulse aufnahm, wurden von der Kritik verrissen, verkauften sich nicht und sein Plattenvertrag wurde gekündigt.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (marketing) brand of clothes or sometimes other fashionable products like cosmetics, sports equipment, etc.
- Synonym: Marke
- (marketing) commercial label or seal indicating an official certification or the like
- Synonyms: Prädikat, Siegel
2022 September 9, Edith Kresta, “Nachhaltige Reisen in der Schweiz: Viele Sterne war gestern”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:Eine Nachhaltigkeitsinitiative von Schweiz Tourismus, auch eine Marketingaktion: Swisstainable. Das Label steht für den Zeitgeist und Nachhaltigkeitsinitiativen in Häusern von Jugendherbergen bis zu Luxushotels.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (rare, in general) label; tag
- Synonyms: Etikett, Aufklebezettel, Schildchen
Declension
Further reading
- “Label” in Duden online
- “Label” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache