Finale
See also: finale and finále
German
Alternative forms
- Final m (Switzerland; only in the sport sense)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fiˈnaːlə/
Audio (Austria) (file) Audio (file) - Rhymes: -aːlə
Noun
Finale n (genitive Finales or Finals, plural Finale or Finals)
- (sports) final
- finale
Usage notes
- The general declension is with a genitive des Finales and plural die Finale.
- The form Finals, both for the genitive and the plural, originally belongs to the Swiss German variant Final. It is now often used for the German/Austrian Finale as well, but only in the sport sense. Given the fact that either plural may sound awkward, Endspiele or less often Finalspiele may be preferred.
Declension
Declension of Finale
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | das | Finale | die | Finale |
| genitive | eines | des | Finales | der | Finale |
| dative | einem | dem | Finale | den | Finalen |
| accusative | ein | das | Finale | die | Finale |
Synonyms
- (sports): Endspiel (match between two sides); Endkampf (competition with more than two sides)
Further reading
- Finale in Duden online