Jump to content

alternative Fakten

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

German

[edit]
German Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia de

Etymology

[edit]

Calque of English alternative facts.[1][2]

Pronunciation

[edit]
  • IPA(key): /altɛrnaˈtiːvə ˈfaktn̩/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

[edit]

alternative Fakten pl (plural only, definite plural die alternativen Fakten)

  1. (neologism; politics, media) alternative facts (something presented as a fact for reasons of political expediency; fiction, falsehood, lies)

Declension

[edit]
Declension of alternative Fakten [pl-only]
plural
strong declension
nominative alternative Fakten
genitive alternativer Fakten
dative alternativen Fakten
accusative alternative Fakten
weak declension
nominative die alternativen Fakten
genitive der alternativen Fakten
dative den alternativen Fakten
accusative die alternativen Fakten
mixed declension
nominative (keine) alternativen Fakten
genitive (keiner) alternativen Fakten
dative (keinen) alternativen Fakten
accusative (keine) alternativen Fakten
[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Der Standard: Deutschland: "Alternative Fakten" ist Unwort des Jahres 2017 (16. Jänner 2018)
  2. ^ 2017 January 23, Peter Seidel, "Kommentar zum Trump-Team „Alternative Fakten“ – das ganze Repertoire von Populisten", Berliner Zeitung
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=alternative_Fakten&oldid=81343831"