Heftchen
German
Etymology
Heft (“booklet”) + -chen (diminutive)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhɛft.çən/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: Heft‧chen
Noun
Heftchen n (strong, genitive Heftchens, plural Heftchen)
- (often derogatory) pamphlet, especially one with lowbrow or sensationalistic content (e.g. comic strips, crime fiction, pornography)
- 1960, Marie Luise Kaschnitz, Gespenster:
- diminutive of Heft
Declension
Declension of Heftchen [neuter, strong]
References
- “Heftchen” in Duden online