Makulatur

German

FWOTD – 31 March 2014

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin maculātūra.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [makulaˈtuːɐ̯]
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Hyphenation: Ma‧ku‧la‧tur

Noun

Makulatur f (genitive Makulatur, plural Makulaturen)

wastepaper
(figuratively) something worthless or meaningless
- 2010 June, Erich Schneeweiß, “Schulentwicklung in der Praxis”, in Sozialimpulse:
  Heute sind die Bedenken von damals Makulatur.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
(printing) spoilage

Declension

Declension of Makulatur [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Makulatur	die	Makulaturen
genitive	einer	der	Makulatur	der	Makulaturen
dative	einer	der	Makulatur	den	Makulaturen
accusative	eine	die	Makulatur	die	Makulaturen

Further reading

“Makulatur” in Duden online

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