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German translation: Spielfilme, as opposed to Filme (documentaries, current affairs, etc.)

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English term or phrase:movies
German translation:Spielfilme, as opposed to Filme (documentaries, current affairs, etc.)
Entered by: Beate Simeone-Beelitz

12:15 Mar 9, 2015
English to German translations [PRO]
Marketing - Marketing / Market Research / Meinungsumfrage
English term or phrase: movies
Think about yesterday, when and where did you watch movies, films or television.

Gibt es eine eindeutige Abgrenzung zwischen Movie und Film?

Freilich könnte man Spielfilme, Kinofilme, Dokumentarfilme, Trickfilme hineininterpretieren,

VIDEOs sind hier NICHT gemeint...

DANKE
Beate Simeone-Beelitz
Local time: 02:34
Spielfilme, as opposed to Filme (documentaries, current affairs, etc.)
Explanation:
Entertainment rather than information
Selected response from:

Yorkshireman
Germany
Local time: 02:34
Grading comment
Vielen Dank
2 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +4Kinofilme
EK Yokohama
4 +1Filme
Christina Kolb
4 +1Filme
Ilse Letsch
4Spielfilme, as opposed to Filme (documentaries, current affairs, etc.)
Yorkshireman


Discussion entries: 6





  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
Kinofilme


Explanation:
Ich würde das hier als Kinofilme verstehen.

"to go to the movies" - "ins Kino gehen"

EK Yokohama
Japan
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 16
Notes to answerer
Asker: und abgrenzend: Kinofilme, Spielfilme oder Fernsehen?


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Carolin Haase
9 mins
  -> Vielen Dank!
agree  Danik 2014
21 mins
  -> Danke.
agree  Charmaine Kizzie: Ich würde hier auch definitiv "Kinofilme" verwenden. Ich bin mit Peters Kommentar oben bei der Diskussion einverstanden. Im US-Sprachraum verbindet man "film" mit Kunst, einem ausländischen Film, Dokumentarfilm....aber keinem Blockbuster.
19 hrs
  -> Herzlichen Dank für die Bestätigung.
agree  Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
20 hrs
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Filme


Explanation:
They are interchangeable; in the US for example the word "film" is rarely used and "movie" is the standard term. Both are umbrella terms for all kinds of movies / films, just like the German "Film".
Please see: https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080321104104A...


    https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080321104104AABkGhD
Christina Kolb
Austria
Local time: 02:34
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Cornelia Blome
13 mins
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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Filme


Explanation:
Meines Wissens gibt es keinen praktischen Unterschied zwischen "film" und "movie". Der Begriff "film" ist älter (Filmmaterial) und der Begriff "Movie" wird mehr im US-amerikanischen Sprachraum verwendet.

Der Longman's Dictionary of Contemporary English beschreibt beide wie folgt: "film (especially British English), movie (especially American English): a series of images that tell a story and are shown in a cinema or on TV."

Ich würde also mit Filme übersetzen: "haben Sie Filme gesehen oder Fernsehen geschaut...."


Ilse Letsch
France
Local time: 02:34
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Danik 2014: Oder: ...haben Sie sich Filme im Kino oder im Fernsehen angeschaut?
15 mins
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20 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Spielfilme, as opposed to Filme (documentaries, current affairs, etc.)


Explanation:
Entertainment rather than information

Yorkshireman
Germany
Local time: 02:34
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 17
Grading comment
Vielen Dank
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