"Literatur" meaning in German

See Literatur in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /lɪtəʁaˈtuːɐ̯/ Audio: De-Literatur.ogg
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin litterātūra. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|de|la|litterātūra|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin litterātūra, {{bor+|de|la|litterātūra}} Borrowed from Latin litterātūra Head templates: {{de-noun|f}} Literatur f (genitive Literatur, plural Literaturen) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Literatur [genitive], Literaturen [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Literatur [nominative, singular], Literaturen [definite, nominative, plural], Literatur [genitive, singular], Literaturen [definite, genitive, plural], Literatur [dative, singular], Literaturen [dative, definite, plural], Literatur [accusative, singular], Literaturen [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (literature) literature (body of all written works) Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Literature
    Sense id: en-Literatur-de-noun-ZZHJ5Ib1 Topics: literature, media, publishing
  2. literature (all the papers, treatises etc. published in academic journals on a particular subject) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Literatur-de-noun-2s7CAg45 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 13 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Lit. [abbreviation] Related terms: literarisch
Hyponyms: Abenteuerliteratur, Alltagsliteratur, Comicliteratur, Emigrantenliteratur, Erbauungsliteratur, Exilliteratur, Fachliteratur, Frauenliteratur, Gegenwartsliteratur, Groschenheftliteratur, Heimatliteratur, Kaffeehausliteratur, Kriminalliteratur, Musikliteratur, Nachkriegsliteratur, Nationalliteratur, Popliteratur, Reiseliteratur, Sachliteratur, Schundliteratur, Sekundärliteratur, Spezialliteratur, Steuerliteratur, Trivialliteratur, Trümmerliteratur, Untergrundliteratur, Unterhaltungsliteratur, Weltliteratur Derived forms: Literaturabteilung, Literaturangebot, Literaturausgabe, Literaturauswahl, Literaturbesprechung, Literaturdiskussion, Literaturdozent, Literaturhistoriker, Literaturinstitut, Literaturkenntnis, Literaturkreis, Literaturkritik, Literaturkritiker, Literaturpreis, Literaturprofessor, Literatursammlung, Literatursendung, Literatursprache, Literaturverlag, Literaturwissenschaft, Literaturwissenschaftler, Literaturzeitschrift

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