German word

Comic

Pronunciation

IPA/ˈkɔmɪk/

Meaning

  • masculine nouncomic book

Example

Ich lese einen Comic.

I'm reading a comic book.

Illustration for Comic (comic book)

More examples

Beim Festival wurden neue Comic-Serien vorgestellt.

New comic series were presented at the festival.

Core concept

A sequence of drawn panels turns characters' actions and spoken words into a connected story.

Common phrases

  • über das Comic-Genre diskutieren

    discuss the comic genre

  • eine Comic-Figur entwickeln

    develop a comic character

  • einen Comic-Strip lesen

    read a comic strip

Similar words

Manga: A Japanese-origin comic with distinctive artwork and panel layouts.
Graphic Novel: A complete, book-length comic with literary or artistic ambition.
Comicstrip: A short comic of a few panels published in newspapers or online.
Cartoon: A single image or brief sequence that conveys humor or satire.

Definition in German

Gedrucktes oder digitales Heft mit Bildfolgen, in denen Figuren durch Bilder und kurze Texte interagieren.

Word origin

The German noun Comic was borrowed from English comic, ultimately from Greek komikos through Latin comicus, and took on the modern medium sense in English.

Usage tips

  • Comic is masculine, so the forms are der Comic, ein Comic, and die Comics.

Related words

  • Comicseriecomic seriesnoun
  • Comicstripcomic stripnoun

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