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Film

film

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derFilmm
Meaning of Film

story shown in moving pictures

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German/fɪlm/
movie
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Film with English translation

Film usage examples

🇬🇧English🇩🇪German

Der Film war spannend.

🇬🇧English🇩🇪German

Wir sehen heute einen Film.

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Film synonyms

Related word breakdowns

What's the difference between Film / Kinofilm / Streifen / Tonfilm / Stummfilm / Filmrolle

K
🇩🇪German
Kinofilm

A common word for a feature film; a bit more specific than the general Film.

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S
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Streifen

A colloquial word for a film; can sound informal or slightly old-fashioned.

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T
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Tonfilm

A film with sound; usually used in historical contexts in contrast to silent films.

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S
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Stummfilm

A silent film without spoken dialogue or synchronized sound; a historical term.

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F
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Filmrolle

A reel of film or a roll of film; not the movie itself, but the physical carrier.

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F
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Filmstreifen

A strip of film or film strip; refers to the physical strip, not the story or movie itself.

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F
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Filmszene

A single scene in a film; it is a part of the movie, not the whole movie.

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K
🇩🇪German
Kino

Cinema or going to the movies; often refers to the place of showing, not the film itself.

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L
🇩🇪German
Leinwand

The screen onto which a film is projected; not the film itself, but the display surface.

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V
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Vorführung

A screening or showing; it emphasizes the event of showing the film, not the film itself.

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H
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Handlung

The plot or storyline of a film; it is the movie’s story, not the movie itself.

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R
🇩🇪German
Regisseur

The director of a film; the person who leads the making of the movie, not the movie itself.

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How to pronounce Film and what this word means

Film means film. This page includes translation, pronunciation, transcription, audio, usage examples and related words.

how to pronounce Film

/fɪlm/

Film translation

film

Film examples

Der Film war spannend.

Film transcription

/fɪlm/

Questions about this word

Film meaning: what does it mean?

Geschichte, die in bewegten Bildern gezeigt wird

Film pronunciation: how do you pronounce it?

Film is pronounced as /fɪlm/. Audio is available on this page when the word has a recording.

Film definition and sentence examples: how is it used in a sentence?

Der Film war spannend. Translation: Фильм был захватывающим.

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