Persiflage

See also: persiflage

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French persiflage.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -aːʒə

Noun

Persiflage f (genitive Persiflage, plural Persiflagen)

1. satire, parody (mockery, chiefly through ridiculing imitation)

   Synonyms: Satire, Parodie

Usage notes

• May overlap with English persiflage in some contexts, but never means “banter” in German. For that, see Geplänkel, Fopperei, Neckerei.

Declension

Declension of Persiflage [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Persiflage	die	Persiflagen
genitive	einer	der	Persiflage	der	Persiflagen
dative	einer	der	Persiflage	den	Persiflagen
accusative	eine	die	Persiflage	die	Persiflagen

Related terms

• persiflieren

Further reading

• “Persiflage” in Duden online