Makulatur

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German

FWOTD – 31 March 2014

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin maculātūra.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: Ma‧ku‧la‧tur

Noun

Makulatur f (genitive Makulatur, plural Makulaturen)

  1. wastepaper
  2. (figuratively) something worthless or meaningless
    • 2010 June, Erich Schneeweiß, “Schulentwicklung in der Praxis”, in Sozialimpulse:
      Heute sind die Bedenken von damals Makulatur.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  3. (printing) spoilage

Declension

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

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