Hitparade

German

Etymology

Compound of Hit (“hit song”) +‎ Parade (“parade”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Hitparade f (genitive Hitparade, plural Hitparaden)

1. radio broadcast of many popular songs played back to back (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
2. (by extension) chart (list of popular songs)

Declension

Declension of Hitparade [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Hitparade	die	Hitparaden
genitive	einer	der	Hitparade	der	Hitparaden
dative	einer	der	Hitparade	den	Hitparaden
accusative	eine	die	Hitparade	die	Hitparaden

Further reading

• “Hitparade” in Duden online
• “Hitparade” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache