Thema
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German
Etymology
From Middle High German thema (14th c.), from Latin thema, from Ancient Greek θέμα (théma).
Pronunciation
Noun
Thema n (strong, genitive Themas, plural Themen or (elevated) Themata or (music, rare) Themas, diminutive Themchen n or Themachen n)
- topic, subject, issue
- Das Thema hatten wir schon. ― We've already talked about this (subject).
- 2010, Der Spiegel, number 28/2010, page 93:
- Fast alle Amerikaner können ihre Wurzeln in fremde Länder zurückverfolgen, und deshalb ist Einwanderung ein Thema, das die Identität der USA auf besondere Weise berührt.
- Nearly all Americans can trace back their roots into foreign countries, and therefore immigration is an issue that touches the identity of the US in a special way.
- (music) theme
- (grammar, archaic) theme (stem of an inflected word)
- Synonym: Stamm
Declension
Declension of Thema
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | das | Thema | die | Themen, Themata1, Themas2 |
| genitive | eines | des | Themas | der | Themen, Themata1, Themas2 |
| dative | einem | dem | Thema | den | Themen, Themata1, Themas2 |
| accusative | ein | das | Thema | die | Themen, Themata1, Themas2 |
1Elevated.
2Outside of musical context nonstandard, in all contexts rare.
Derived terms
- Anathema
- Diskussionsthema
- Gesprächsthema
- Hauptthema
- Kernthema
- Nebenthema
- Randthema
- Seitenthema
- Tagesthema
- Thematik
- thematisch
- thematisieren
- Themavokal
- Themawechsel
- Themenabend
- Themenänderung
- Themenauswahl
- Themenbegrenzung
- Themenbereich
- themenbezogen
- Themenerweiterung
- Themenfeld
- Themengebiet
- Themenkatalog
- Themenkomplex
- Themenschwerpunkt
- Themenstellung
- Themenübersicht
- Themenvorgabe
- Themenvorlage
- Themenvorschlag
- Themenwechsel
