Zeitungsente

German

Etymology

Explaining compound of Zeitung (“newspaper”) +‎ Ente (“canard”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtsaɪ̯tʊŋsˌ(ʔ)ɛntə/
Audio (file)

Noun

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

(journalism, in this form restricted to newspapers) canard (false or misleading report)
Synonyms: Ente, Falschmeldung

Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Further reading

“Zeitungsente” in Duden online
“Zeitungsente” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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