Makulatur

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German

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin maculātūra.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [makulaˈtuːɐ̯]
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  • Hyphenation: Ma‧ku‧la‧tur

Noun

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Makulatur f (genitive Makulatur, plural Makulaturen)

  1. wastepaper
  2. (figuratively) something worthless or meaningless
    • 2010 June, Erich Schneeweiß, “Schulentwicklung in der Praxis”, in Sozialimpulse:
      Heute sind die Bedenken von damals Makulatur.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  3. (printing) spoilage

Declension

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Further reading

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