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Porträt

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German

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Alternative forms

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  • Portrait (rarer since ca. 1900, now nonstandard outside Switzerland)

Etymology

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17th century, from French portrait.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pɔrˈtrɛː/, [pɔʁˈtʁɛː], [pɔ(ɐ̯)-], [-ˈtʁeː]
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Noun

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Porträt n (strong, genitive Porträts or (archaic) Porträtes, plural Porträts or (archaic) Porträte, diminutive Porträtchen n)

  1. portrait
    Synonym: Bildnis

Usage notes

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  • With the archaic forms in -es, -e, -en, the otherwise silent /t/ is pronounced.
  • The spelling Porträt has been the prescribed spelling since the German spelling reform of 1996 (the Rechtschreibreform). In the affected areas, the previous spelling (Portrait) is now less common, and may be regarded as a misspelling, except in countries where the source language of the loanword is co-official (such as French in Switzerland).

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Russian: портрет (portret)
  • Serbo-Croatian: portret / портрет
  • Ukrainian: портрет (portret)

Further reading

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  • Porträt” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Porträt” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • Porträt” in Duden online