"Finale" meaning in German

See Finale in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /fiˈnaːlə/ Audio: De-at-Finale.ogg [Austria], De-Finale.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Rhymes: -aːlə Etymology: Borrowed from Italian finale in the 17th c., initially in the form Final. Pfeifer also considers a direct borrowing from Latin fīnālis on account of the Italian term potentially being attested later. The sports sense is a 20th c. semantic loan from English final. Etymology templates: {{ety|de|:bor|it:finale}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Italian", "term" : "finale", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "it" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "German", "term" : "Finale", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "de" }" data-lang="de" data-title="Finale">, {{bor+|de|it|finale}} Borrowed from Italian finale, {{bor|de|la|fīnālis|nocat=1}} Latin fīnālis, {{semantic loan|de|en|final|nocap=1}} semantic loan from English final Head templates: {{de-noun|n,s:Finals,-:Finals}} Finale n (strong, genitive Finales or Finals, plural Finale or Finals) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n,s:Finals,-:Finals}} Forms: Finales [genitive], Finals [genitive], Finale [plural], Finals [plural], strong [table-tags], Finale [nominative, singular], Finale [definite, nominative, plural], Finals [definite, nominative, plural], Finales [genitive, singular], Finals [genitive, singular], Finale [definite, genitive, plural], Finals [definite, genitive, plural], Finale [dative, singular], Finalen [dative, definite, plural], Finals [dative, definite, plural], Finale [accusative, singular], Finale [accusative, definite, plural], Finals [accusative, definite, plural], Final [alternative]
  1. (sports) final Tags: neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Finale-de-noun-JENjC0Yg Categories (other): Sports, German entries referencing missing etymons, German entries with etymon, German entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of German entries referencing missing etymons: 73 27 Disambiguation of German entries with etymon: 82 18 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 5 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 94 6 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  2. finale Tags: neuter, strong Synonyms: Endspiel (english: match between two sides) [sports, hobbies, lifestyle], Endkampf (english: competition with more than two sides) [sports, hobbies, lifestyle] Derived forms: Achtelfinale, Finalist, Halbfinale, Pokalfinale, Semifinale, Viertelfinale Related terms: final
    Sense id: en-Finale-de-noun-VkadYRmq

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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