Kampagne

German

Alternative forms
  • Campagne (alternatively in Switzerland, else obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from French campagne.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kamˈpanjə/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: Kam‧pa‧g‧ne

Noun

Kampagne f (genitive Kampagne, plural Kampagnen)

  1. campaign

Usage notes
  • Use is rather rare both for military campaigns (for which Feldzug) and electoral campaigns (for which Wahlkampf). The usual context in German is that of a publicity campaign, e.g. by a politician against some vice, by a newspaper against some public figure, by a company for some product.

Declension
Declension of Kampagne [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Kampagne die Kampagnen
genitive einer der Kampagne der Kampagnen
dative einer der Kampagne den Kampagnen
accusative eine die Kampagne die Kampagnen

Derived terms
  • Anzeigenkampagne, Reklamekampagne, Werbekampagne (“advertisement campaign”)
  • Aufklärungskampagne, Informationskampagne, Desinformationskampagne
  • Medienkampagne (“media campaign”)
  • Schmierenkampagne, Schmutzkampagne (“smear campaign”)
  • Wahlkampagne (“election campaign”)

Descendants
  • → Hungarian: kampány

Further reading
  • “Kampagne” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Kampagne” in Duden online
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