# publik

publik is a German adjective meaning “publicly known”.

## Meanings

1. _indeclinable · predicative_ publicly known, no longer private, secret
   - Seit die Zustände hinter den Kulissen des Parlaments publik sind, hat das Volk jedes Vertrauen in die politische Klasse verloren. — Since the state of affairs behind the scenes of parliament has been public, the people have lost all trust in the political class.

## Examples

- Wir dürfen diese Neuigkeiten nicht publik werden lassen. — We mustn't let this news get out.
- Es wurde versucht zu vermeiden, dass die Nachricht publik würde. — They tried to prevent the news from leaking out.

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