Publikum

Borrowed from Latin pūblicum under influence of French public. First attested in the 18th century.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpuː.bli.kʊm/

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• IPA^(key): /ˈpʊ.bli.kʊm/, /ˈpʊp.li.kʊm/ (common variant, at least in western Germany by far predominant)
• Hyphenation: Pu‧bli‧kum

Publikum n (strong, genitive Publikums, plural (rare) Publika) (collective)

1. audience, those who see, hear, read some work or performance (crowd, viewership, readership etc.)

   Hyponyms: Zuschauerschaft, Hörerschaft, Leserschaft

   Das Buch richtet sich an ein breites Publikum.

   The book is addressed to a broad audience.

2. (slightly dated) members of the public who frequent some place, institution, establishment

   Hyponyms: Kundschaft, Gäste, Schaulustige

   Vor den Postschaltern wartet das Publikum in Scharen.

   Droves of customers are waiting at the post-office counters.

• For “public” in the sense of “people in general, the open”, use Öffentlichkeit.

• “Publikum” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Publikum” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Publikum” in Duden online
• Publikum on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de