Finale

== German == === Alternative forms === Final m (Switzerland; only in the sport sense) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fiˈnaːlə/ Rhymes: -aːlə === Noun === Finale n (strong, genitive Finales or Finals, plural Finale or Finals) (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 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, Endspiele or less often Finalspiele may be preferred. ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (sports): Endspiel (match between two sides); Endkampf (competition with more than two sides) === Further reading === “Finale” in Duden online “Finale”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)