No. 486 in German
film
A motion picture or movie.
In a sentence
Ich habe gestern einen spannenden Film im Kino gesehen.
I watched an exciting movie at the cinema yesterday.
"Film" is used here to mean 'movie', a motion picture or cinema production.
Die Kamera hat einen Film eingelegt, um Fotos zu machen.
The camera has placed a film inside to take photos.
"Film" refers here to photographic film used in traditional cameras.
Wir haben eine Schicht schmutzigen Film auf der Glasoberfläche gefunden.
We found a layer of dirty film on the glass surface.
"Film" in this context means a thin layer of material, like grime or dust on a surface.
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