Kamera

See also: kamera and kamerā

German

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin camera obscūra (“dark chamber”), from Latin camera (“chamber, bedchamber”). Doublet of Kammer and Kamurke.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkaməʁa]

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• Hyphenation: Ka‧me‧ra

Noun

Kamera f (genitive Kamera, plural Kameras)

1. camera (device for taking photographs or filming)

Declension

Declension of Kamera [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Kamera	die	Kameras
genitive	einer	der	Kamera	der	Kameras
dative	einer	der	Kamera	den	Kameras
accusative	eine	die	Kamera	die	Kameras

Hyponyms

• Spiegelreflexkamera
• versteckte Kamera (“hidden camera”)

Related terms

• Kameraperspektive
• Kameramann
• Kameratasche

Descendants

• → Czech: kamera
• → Estonian: kaamera
• →? Finnish: kamera

Further reading

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