Zeitungsente
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German
Etymology
Explaining compound of Zeitung (“newspaper”) + Ente (“canard”)
Pronunciation
Noun
Zeitungsente f (genitive Zeitungsente, plural Zeitungsenten)
- (journalism, in this form restricted to newspapers) canard (false or misleading report)
- Synonyms: Ente, Falschmeldung
Declension
Declension of Zeitungsente
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | eine | die | Zeitungsente | die | Zeitungsenten |
| genitive | einer | der | Zeitungsente | der | Zeitungsenten |
| dative | einer | der | Zeitungsente | den | Zeitungsenten |
| accusative | eine | die | Zeitungsente | die | Zeitungsenten |
Further reading
- “Zeitungsente” in Duden online
- “Zeitungsente” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache