Kampagne

German

Alternative forms

• Campagne (alternatively in Switzerland, else obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from French campagne.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kamˈpanjə/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Kam‧pa‧g‧ne

Noun

Kampagne f (genitive Kampagne, plural Kampagnen)

1. campaign

   Synonym: Feldzug

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 (“ad campaign”)
• Aufklärungskampagne, Informationskampagne, Desinformationskampagne (“disinformation campaign”)
• Medienkampagne (“media campaign”)
• Diffamierungskampagne, Rufmordkampagne, Verleumdungskampagne (“smear campaign”)
• Hetzkampagne (“vendetta, malicious smear campaign”)
• Impfkampagne (“vaccination campaign”)
• Schmierenkampagne, Schmutzkampagne (“smear campaign”)
• Wahlkampagne (“election campaign”)

Descendants

• → Hungarian: kampány

Further reading

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