flipbook
das Daumenkino, die Daumenkinos
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flipbook
A small book or booklet containing many slightly altered pictures that create the impression of movement when quickly flipped through with the thumb.
Als Kind habe ich ein Daumenkino mit einem laufenden Pferd gezeichnet.
As a child, I drew a flipbook with a running horse.
| gender | neuter das |
|---|---|
| plural | die Daumenkinos |
| genitive | des Daumenkinos |
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | das Daumenkino | die Daumenkinos |
| accusative | das Daumenkino | die Daumenkinos |
| dative | dem Daumenkino | den Daumenkinos |
| genitive | des Daumenkinos | der Daumenkinos |
The article changes with the case; it is shown in colour.
'Daumenkino' (flipbook) consists of 'Daumen' (thumb) and 'Kino' (cinema). The first part names the finger used for flipping through the pages, while the second recalls the moving pictures in a cinema.
Mit einem kleinen Heft und einem Stift kannst du dein eigenes Daumenkino gestalten.
You can make your own flipbook with a small booklet and a pen.
Typical collocations are 'ein Daumenkino basteln' (to make a flipbook) and 'ein Daumenkino zeichnen' (to draw a flipbook). With 'basteln', the focus is on making the small booklet; with 'zeichnen', it is on drawing the pictures inside it.
Im Kunstunterricht basteln wir ein Daumenkino aus kleinen Papierblättern.
In art class, we are making a flipbook from small sheets of paper.
For using one, 'ein Daumenkino durchblättern' (to flip through a flipbook) is a typical collocation. Words such as 'schnell' (quickly) or 'mit dem Daumen' (with the thumb) describe more precisely how the pictures appear to move.
Sie blättert das Daumenkino schnell mit dem Daumen durch.
She quickly flips through the flipbook with her thumb.
