No. 4,540 in German
publik
"Publik" means "public" in English.
In a sentence
Das Buch wurde erst kürzlich der breiten Öffentlichkeit publik gemacht.
The book was recently made public to the broad audience.
In this sentence, 'publik' is used as an adjective describing that the book was released or made known to the public.
Nach ihrer Entdeckung wurde die Information bald publik.
After its discovery, the information soon became public.
Here, 'publik' describes that the information was shared or became accessible to the general public.
Es ist schwierig, private Angelegenheiten unfreiwillig publik zu machen.
It is difficult to unwillingly make private matters public.
In this example, 'publik' refers to private matters being exposed to the public.
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