Reklamirn - רעקלאמירן \rek-la-MIR-en\ Verb \ Past Participle: Reklamirt:
To advertise.
Alternative verbal usage: makhn reklame (מאכן רעקלאמע) - lit., to make an announcement (based on the German “Reklame machen”).
Synonyms: anonsirn (אנאנסירן), meldn (מעלדן). German equivalents: annoncieren, bekanntmachen, reklamieren, werben.
Etymology: The word derives from New High German “reklamieren,” with the root going back ultimately to Latin “reclāmāre” (to call back). This root apparently came into German and many other European languages in the modern period via French. As a result, it has many cognates (though often with slightly different meanings): Catalan “reclamar,” Danish “reklamere,” Italian “reclamare,” Modern English “reclaim,” Modern French “réclamer,” Old French “reclamer,” Portuguese “reclamar,” Spanish “reclamar,” and Swedish “reklamera.” And the noun form also occurs plenty: Croatian “reklama,” Czech “reklama,” Danish “reklame,” Dutch “reclame,” Estonian “reklaam,” Hungarian “reklám,” Lithuanian “reklama,” Norwegian “reklame,” Polish “reklama,” Portuguese “reclame,” Romanian “reclamă,” Russian rekláma, Spanish “reclamo,” and Swedish “reklam.”
Derivatives of reklamirn: info-reklame (אינפא-רעקלאמע) - an infomercial; reklame (רעקלאמע) - an advertisement; reklame-agent (רעקלאמע-אגענט) - an advertising agent; reklame-kleper (רעקלאמע-קלעפער) - an advertisement poster (i.e. someone who goes around posting advertisements on walls); reklameray (רעקלאמעריי) - publicity, advertising.
Reklamirn in a sentence: Ikh hob shoyn eyn khoydesh reklamirt oyf mayn Gchat status az ikh zukh a mitvoyner farn kumedikn yor, ober keyner interesirt zikh nisht… (איך האב שוין איין חודש רעקלאמירט אויף מיין דזשיטשאט סטאטוס אז איך זוך א מיטוווינער פארן קומעדיקן יאר, אבער קיינער אינטערעסירט זיך נישט) - I have been advertising on my Gchat status that I am looking for a roommate for next year for a month already, but no one seems interested… :(
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