Definition
A distinct organisational unit within a company or public authority.
Translations
- English
- department
- Français
- service
- Türkçe
- bölüm
- Polski
- dział
- Русский
- отдел
- Українська
- відділ
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Abteilung
- A2
- Noun
- Work & Professions
department
/diː ˈapˌtaɪlʊŋ/
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
- Abteilungen
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A2
- Morphology
- Derived word
- Topics
- Work & ProfessionsPrimary
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Die Abteilung plant die nächste Sitzung.NominativSing.The department is planning the next meeting.
- Die Leitung überprüft die Abteilung regelmäßig.AkkusativSing.Management regularly reviews the department.
- Die Mitarbeiterin vertraut der Abteilung.DativSing.The employee trusts the department.
- Die Tür der Abteilung bleibt geschlossen.GenitivSing.The department's door remains closed.
- Die Abteilungen arbeiten eng zusammen.NominativPlur.The departments work closely together.
- Die Verwaltung vergrößert die Abteilungen.AkkusativPlur.The administration is expanding the departments.
- Die Änderungen helfen den Abteilungen.DativPlur.The changes help the departments.
- Die Aufgaben der Abteilungen sind klar verteilt.GenitivPlur.The departments' tasks are clearly distributed.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Abteilung/ˈapˌtaɪlʊŋ/
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Article phrase
die Abteilung/diː ˈapˌtaɪlʊŋ/
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Plural
Abteilungen/ˈapˌtaɪlʊŋən/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Abteilung | die Abteilungen |
| Akkusativ | die Abteilung | die Abteilungen |
| Dativ | der Abteilung | den Abteilungen |
| Genitiv | der Abteilung | der Abteilungen |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Adjective combinationeine eigenständige Abteilung
- Adjective combinationeine technische Abteilung
- Collocationeine Abteilung leiten
- Collocationeine Abteilung einrichten
- Verb constructioneiner Abteilung angehören + Dativ
- Prepositional constructionin einer Abteilungin + Dativ
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
No semantic relations have been added for this sense.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeDerived word
- abteilenOther
- -ungSuffix
„Abteilung“ is derived from „abteilen“ with the suffix „-ung“.