Challenge

See also: challenge and challengé

German

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English challenge, from Middle English chalenge, from kalange, from Old French chalenge, chalonge, from Old Northern French calenge, calonge, from Latin calumnia, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₁l-, *keh₁l- (“to beguile, deceive”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛlənt͡ʃ/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Chal‧lenge

Noun

Challenge f (genitive Challenge, plural Challenges)

1. (Internet) social media challenge (fun, sometimes dangerous challenge, sometimes associated with high-profile fundraising)

Declension

Declension of Challenge [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Challenge	die	Challenges
genitive	einer	der	Challenge	der	Challenges
dative	einer	der	Challenge	den	Challenges
accusative	eine	die	Challenge	die	Challenges

Further reading

• “Challenge” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Challenge” in Duden online
• “Challenge”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–
• “Challenge” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon