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German
Etymology
Borrowed from French réclame. Cognate with English reclaim.
Pronunciation
Noun
Reklame f (genitive Reklame, plural Reklamen)
- (somewhat dated) advertisement
- Synonym: Werbung
1922 October, Franz Kafka, “Ein Hungerkünstler”, in Die neue Rundschau, volume 33, S. Fischer Verlag, page 985:Vierzig Tage etwa konnte man erfahrungsgemäß durch allmählich sich steigernde Reklame das Interesse einer Stadt immer mehr aufstacheln, dann aber versagte das Publikum, eine wesentliche Abnahme des Zuspruches war festzustellen; […]- According to experience one could more and more spur the interest of a town for forty days by gradually increasing advertisement, but then the audience failed, a significant decrease of popularity could be noticed;
Usage notes
- Although originally quite common, the word is becoming increasingly outdated and supplanted by the synonymous Werbung.
Declension
Descendants
Further reading
- “Reklame” in Duden online
- “Reklame” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache