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das Kino

cinema

Definition & meaning

das Kino means the cinema or movie theater: a place where films are shown to an audience.

  • Wir gehen heute ins Kino. — We are going to the cinema today.
  • Das Kino zeigt einen neuen Film. — The cinema is showing a new film.

It can also refer more generally to cinema as a medium, art form, or film industry:

  • Das deutsche Kino ist international bekannt. — German cinema is internationally known.

Grammar & Word origin

  • Gender: neuter — das Kino
  • Plural: die Kinos
  • Pronunciation: approximately [ˈkiːnoː]
  • Word origin: Kino is a shortened form of Kinematograf or Kinematographie . These words ultimately come from Greek roots meaning “movement” and “writing/recording.”

The common preposition is ins Kino , a contraction of in das Kino:

  • ins Kino gehen — to go to the cinema

Synonyms & antonyms

Synonyms

  • das Filmtheater — literally “film theater”; a relatively formal or descriptive synonym for Kino.
  • das Lichtspielhaus — a traditional, somewhat old-fashioned term for a cinema.
  • der Kinosaal — specifically the auditorium or screening room inside a cinema, not necessarily the whole cinema.

There is no direct antonym for Kino. Depending on the context, zu Hause or Streaming may describe watching films at home instead of going to a cinema, but they are not true antonyms.

Common phrases & collocations

  • ins Kino gehen — to go to the cinema
  • einen Film im Kino sehen — to see a film at the cinema
  • im Kino laufen — to be showing at the cinema
  • Kinokarte — cinema ticket
  • Kinofilm — feature film or cinema film
  • Kinoabend — an evening at the cinema
  • Multiplexkino — multiplex cinema

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Examples

Gehen wir heute Abend ins Kino?other

Are we going to the cinema tonight?

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