Definition
A planned purpose or goal that someone intends to achieve.
Translations
- English
- intention
- Français
- intention
- Türkçe
- niyet
- Polski
- zamiar
- Русский
- намерение
- Українська
- намір
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Absicht
- B1
- Noun
- Emotions & Personality
- Communication
intention
/diː ˈapzɪçt/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- die
- Gender
- Feminine
- Plural
- Absichten
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- B1
- Morphology
- Implicit derivation
- Topics
- Emotions & PersonalityPrimaryCommunication
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Ihre Absicht war von Anfang an klar.NominativSing.Her intention was clear from the very beginning.
- Sie äußerte ihre Absicht offen.AkkusativSing.She openly expressed her intention.
- Er gab der Absicht seiner Kollegin eine neue Richtung.DativSing.He gave his colleague’s intention a new direction.
- Die Umsetzung der Absicht dauerte mehrere Monate.GenitivSing.Implementing the intention took several months.
- Die Absichten der Beteiligten waren unterschiedlich.NominativPlur.The parties involved had different intentions.
- Sie erläuterte ihre Absichten ausführlich.AkkusativPlur.She explained her intentions in detail.
- Wir sollten den Absichten der Beteiligten mehr Aufmerksamkeit schenken.DativPlur.We should pay more attention to the intentions of the parties involved.
- Die Folgen der Absichten waren nicht absehbar.GenitivPlur.The consequences of the intentions could not be foreseen.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Absicht/ˈapzɪçt/
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Article phrase
die Absicht/diː ˈapzɪçt/
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Plural
Absichten/ˈapzɪçtən/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Absicht | die Absichten |
| Akkusativ | die Absicht | die Absichten |
| Dativ | der Absicht | den Absichten |
| Genitiv | der Absicht | der Absichten |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Adjective combinationeine klare Absicht
- Collocationeine Absicht äußern
- Verb constructioneine Absicht verfolgen + Akkusativ
- Prepositional constructionmit der Absicht, etwas zu erreichenmit + Dativ
- Sentence patternDie Absicht hinter diesem Vorschlag ist leicht zu erkennen.
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Near-synonymIntention
- Near-synonymVorhaben
Vorhaben usually refers to a specific planned project or action, whereas Absicht can also express a general goal or motive.
- Semantically relatedZiel — goal
A Absicht describes the intended purpose; a Ziel is the desired result or state that this Absicht pursues.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeImplicit derivation
- SourceabsehenVerb
„Absicht“ is an implicit derivation from „absehen“.
Word family
- beabsichtigen