Stadtgespräch

German

Etymology

Stadt (town, city) + Gespräch (talk, discussion, conversation)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃtat.ɡəˌʃpʁɛːç/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
  • IPA(key): /-ɡəˌʃpʁeːç/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
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  • Hyphenation: Stadt‧ge‧spräch

Noun

Stadtgespräch n (strong, genitive Stadtgespräches or Stadtgesprächs, plural Stadtgespräche)

  1. talk of the town
    Der Vorfall war wochenlang Stadtgespräch.
    The incident was the talk of the town for weeks.
    • 2002, Heinz-Dieter Herbig, Hitlers Nichte: Roman, Königshausen & Neumann, →ISBN, page 69:
      Das Stadtgespräch von München war Berlin. Das Stadtgespräch von Berlin war Paris. Das Stadtgespräch von Paris war New York. Und das Stadtgespräch von New York ... nein, war nicht München.
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Declension

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