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Leinwand

canvas

noun LYNE-vant Rare
Arts & Culture Visual Arts

Also means

projection screen

Usage Note

Leinwand is the stretched fabric a painter works on; it also means a cinema screen, as in auf der Leinwand. The plural Leinwände refers to several individual canvases.

Examples

"Der Maler spannte eine neue Leinwand auf den Rahmen."

Natural Translation

The painter stretched a new canvas onto the frame.

Literal Translation

The painter stretched a new canvas onto the frame.

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