Vocabulary
das
Feuilleton
/fœjəˈtõː/· noun· Pl. die Feuilletons
arts and culture section (of a newspaper); short literary essay
The pages for books, theatre, film and ideas — and, in the Viennese tradition, a light, witty essay about everyday life. Viennese papers have cultivated the genre for a very long time.
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Forms
- Singular
- das Feuilleton
- Plural
- die Feuilletons
- Genitiv
- des Feuilletons
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Feuilleton
arts and culture section
Die Rezension steht heute im Feuilleton.
The review is in today's arts section.
Word family
Feuilletonder Feuilletonist / die Feuilletonistinarts journalist; writer of feuilletonsfeuilletonistischin a light, essayistic style
Common combinations
- im Feuilleton besprochen werdento be reviewed in the arts pages
- das Feuilleton der Zeitungthe paper's arts section
- ein Liebling des Feuilletonsa darling of the critics
Real examples
- Das neue Buch wird im Feuilleton heftig diskutiert.The new book is being hotly debated in the arts pages.
- Viele Glossen erscheinen im Feuilleton.Many satirical columns appear in the arts section.
- Im Feuilleton darf der Ton verspielter sein als in der Politik.In the arts section the tone may be more playful than in the politics pages.
