Finale

finale finále German Alternative forms de Final m Switzerland; only in the sport sense Etymology de :bor it:finale de it finale in the 17th c., initially in the form de Final. Pfeifer also considers a direct borrowing from de la fīnālis 1 on account of the Italian term potentially being attested later. The sports sense is a 20th c. de en final 1. Pronunciation de /fiˈnaːlə/ de De-at-Finale.ogg Austria de De-Finale.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de aːlə 3 Noun n,s:Finals,-:Finals de sports final finale Usage notes The general declension is with a genitive des Finales and plural die Finale. The form Finals, both for the genitive and the plural, originally belongs to the Swiss German variant de Final. It is now often used for the German/Austrian Finale as well, but only in the sport sense. Given the fact that either plural may sound awkward, de Endspiele or less often de Finalspiele may be preferred. Declension n,s:Finals,-:Finals Synonyms sports de Endspiel match between two sides; de Endkampf competition with more than two sides Derived terms de Halbfinale Viertelfinale Achtelfinale Semifinale Pokalfinale Finalist Related terms de final Further reading