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German
Etymology 1
Unadapted borrowing from English scene.
Pronunciation
Noun
Scene f (genitive Scene, plural (uncommon) Scenes)
- Synonym of Szene (“milieu”)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
Scene f (genitive Scene, plural Scenen)
- Former spelling of Szene which is no longer standard.
1908, Lily Braun, Im Schatten der Titanen [In the Shadow of the Titans], page 135:Es kam zu ernsten Scenen, denn Goethe wollte oder konnte ihn nicht begreifen, selbst als Knebel sich auf seine Seite stellte.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
- “Scene” in Duden online
- “Scene” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache