Fotografie
German
Alternative forms
- Photographie
- Fotographie, Photografie (nonstandard)
Etymology
Ultimately from φῶς (phôs, “light”) + γράφω (gráphō, “I write”), possibly influenced by English photography
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fotoɡʁaˈfiː/
Audio: (file) Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: Fo‧to‧gra‧fie
- Rhymes: -iː
Noun
Fotografie f (genitive Fotografie, plural Fotografien)
- (uncountable) photography (the art of making photographs)
- (countable) photograph
Declension
Declension of Fotografie [feminine]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | eine | die | Fotografie | die | Fotografien |
| genitive | einer | der | Fotografie | der | Fotografien |
| dative | einer | der | Fotografie | den | Fotografien |
| accusative | eine | die | Fotografie | die | Fotografien |
Hyponyms
- Selbstfotografie
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- Fotografie on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- “Fotografie” in Duden online
- “Fotografie” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache