trendy
Following current fashion or a trend; modern and popular.
EXAMPLE
Das neue Café in der Innenstadt ist sehr trendy.
The new café downtown is very trendy.
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Use in a sentence
Like most adjectives, 'trendy' can stand before a noun or be used with verbs such as 'sein' (to be) and 'wirken' (to seem/appear). When it stands before a noun, it is declined like a normal German adjective.
EXAMPLE
Sie trägt immer sehr trendige Kleidung.
She always wears very trendy clothes.
Register and style
'Trendy' is an English loanword and is used mainly in colloquial language and in contexts such as fashion, lifestyle, and marketing. It sounds modern and is often used as a synonym for 'angesagt' (popular/trendy).
EXAMPLE
In diesem Stadtviertel gibt es viele trendige Bars und Geschäfte.
There are many trendy bars and shops in this neighborhood.
Typical collocations
The adjective 'trendy' often describes places, products, or styles. Typical combinations are: eine trendige Bar (a trendy bar), ein trendiges Restaurant (a trendy restaurant), trendige Kleidung (trendy clothes), or ein trendiges Viertel (a trendy neighborhood).
EXAMPLE
Das Magazin berichtet über die trendigsten Reiseziele für dieses Jahr.
The magazine reports on the trendiest travel destinations for this year.
Compare with
trendy vs modern
modern
Modern describes clothing or design as being in keeping with current tastes. Trendy additionally means that something follows a popular trend and is currently fashionable. A contemporary style can therefore be modern without being trendy at the moment.
trendy
Diese Jacke ist trendy, weil ihr Schnitt gerade überall angesagt ist.
This jacket is trendy because its cut is currently fashionable everywhere.
modern
Diese schlicht geschnittene Jacke wirkt modern, ohne einem aktuellen Trend zu folgen.
This simply cut jacket looks modern without following a current trend.
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