Vocabulary
die
Doku
/ˈdɔku/· noun· Pl. die Dokus
documentary (colloquial); documentation (colloquial)
Die Doku — the everyday short form of die Dokumentation or der Dokumentarfilm: Hast du die Doku über … gesehen? In offices also short for technical documentation.
CEFR C1Frequency ●●●●●colloquial
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Forms
- Singular
- die Doku
- Plural
- die Dokus
- Genitiv
- der Doku
One word, many lives
Tap a meaning. Real German isn't a dictionary translation.
Doku
documentary
Gestern lief eine spannende Doku über die Tiefsee.
There was a fascinating documentary about the deep sea on yesterday.
Word family
Dokudie Dokumentationdocumentary; documentationder Dokumentarfilmdocumentary filmdie Doku-Seriedocuseries
Common combinations
- eine Doku über etwasa documentary about sth.
- eine Doku drehento make a documentary
- die Doku läuftthe documentary is on
Common learner mistakes
- das Dokudie DokuDoku keeps the gender of its full form, die Dokumentation.
Real examples
- Die dreiteilige Doku beleuchtet die Geschichte der Gastarbeiter in Westdeutschland.The three-part documentary sheds light on the history of guest workers in West Germany.
- Abends schaue ich lieber Dokus als Serien.In the evening I'd rather watch documentaries than series.
- Für die Doku hat das Team eine Hebamme zwei Jahre lang begleitet.For the documentary the team followed a midwife for two years.
