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Film

film

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derFilmm
Meaning of Film

a movie

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German/dɛɐ̯ fɪlm/
Chinese pronunciation in Latin lettersdiàn yǐng
film
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Film with Chinese translation

Film usage examples

🇨🇳Chinese🇩🇪German

Der Film war sehr spannend.

🇨🇳Chinese🇩🇪German

Wir sehen heute Abend einen Film.

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Film synonyms

Related word breakdowns

What's the difference between Film / Streifen / Kinofilm / Spielfilm / Filmrolle / Leinwand

S
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Streifen

Colloquial word for a film; sounds a bit less neutral and more casual, often used in speech.

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K
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Kinofilm

A film shown in a cinema; emphasizes that it is a theatrical movie, not a video or a TV series.

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S
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Spielfilm

A feature film with a fictional story; contrasts with a documentary or a short film.

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F
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Filmrolle

An old film reel or strip; today it is mainly used in technical or historical contexts, not for the movie as a work itself.

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L
🇩🇪German
Leinwand

Literally a screen or canvas; in relation to films it is rare and usually refers to cinema projection or the big screen.

A1Rarely
K
🇩🇪German
Kinostreifen

An old-fashioned or literary colloquial word for a film; sounds somewhat dated and is used less often than plain 'Film'.

A1Rarely
T
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Tonfilm

A sound film, i.e. a film with sound; usually a historical-technical term, especially contrasted with silent film.

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S
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Stummfilm

A silent film without synchronized sound; it refers to a specific historical film type, not the general word 'film'.

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D
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Dokumentarfilm

A documentary about real events, people, or facts; not a general synonym, but a specific type of film.

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K
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Kurzfilm

A short film; denotes a film with a short duration and is a specific subtype of film.

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L
🇩🇪German
Lichtspiel

An old-fashioned, literary word for cinema or film; rarely used in everyday speech today.

A1Very Rarely
V
🇩🇪German
Videofilm

A film on video; sounds somewhat dated and usually refers to a video recording rather than cinema in the broad sense.

A1Rarely

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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

/dɛɐ̯ fɪlm/

Film translation

film

Film examples

Der Film war sehr spannend.

Film transcription

/dɛɐ̯ fɪlm/

Questions about this word

Film meaning: what does it mean?

ein Kino- oder Fernsehfilm

Film pronunciation: how do you pronounce it?

Film is pronounced as /dɛɐ̯ 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 sehr spannend. Translation: Фильм был очень захватывающим.

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