Eklat
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]17th century, borrowed from French éclat.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Eklat m (strong, genitive Eklats, plural Eklats)
- (higher register or journalistic) a stir, scandal, disturbing incident or scene, especially a dispute, quarrel
- 2023 February 12, “Erste Erkenntnisse der kanadischen Regierung: Abgeschossenes Flugobjekt hatte zylindrische Form”, in Der Spiegel[1], →ISSN:
- Die Vorfälle erinnern an den Abschuss des chinesischen Ballons in der vergangenen Woche. Sein tagelanger Flug über die USA hatte zu einem Eklat zwischen Washington und Peking geführt.
- These incidents are reminiscent of the Chinese balloon that was shot down during the past week. Its floating across the US for days had led to a quarrel between Washington and Beijing.
Declension
[edit]Declension of Eklat [masculine, strong]
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Eklat” in Duden online
- “Eklat” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Eklat”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 173
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