Definition
An organisation that arranges services, takes on assignments, or represents interests.
Translations
- English
- agency
- Français
- agence
- Türkçe
- ajans
- Polski
- agencja
- Русский
- агентство
- Українська
- агентство
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Agentur
- A2
- Noun
- Work & Professions
agency
/diː aɡɛnˈtuːɐ̯/
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
- Agenturen
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A2
- Morphology
- Borrowing
- Topics
- Work & ProfessionsPrimary
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Die Agentur vermittelt passende Dienstleistungen.NominativSing.The agency arranges suitable services.
- Das Unternehmen beauftragte die Agentur mit der Organisation der Veranstaltung.AkkusativSing.The company commissioned the agency to organize the event.
- Die Kundin vertraut der Agentur bei der Planung.DativSing.The customer trusts the agency with the planning.
- Die Leistungen der Agentur sind vielseitig.GenitivSing.The agency’s services are diverse.
- Agenturen vermitteln Dienstleistungen an verschiedene Kunden.NominativPlur.Agencies arrange services for various customers.
- Viele Unternehmen suchen zuverlässige Agenturen.AkkusativPlur.Many companies are looking for reliable agencies.
- Die Kunden danken den Agenturen für ihre Unterstützung.DativPlur.The customers thank the agencies for their support.
- Die Angebote der Agenturen unterscheiden sich deutlich.GenitivPlur.The agencies’ offers differ significantly.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Agentur/aɡɛnˈtuːɐ̯/
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Article phrase
die Agentur/diː aɡɛnˈtuːɐ̯/
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Plural
Agenturen/aɡɛnˈtuːʁən/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Agentur | die Agenturen |
| Akkusativ | die Agentur | die Agenturen |
| Dativ | der Agentur | den Agenturen |
| Genitiv | der Agentur | der Agenturen |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationeine Agentur beauftragen
- Collocationeine Agentur gründen
- Prepositional constructionbei einer Agentur arbeitenbei + Dativ
- Adjective combinationeine renommierte Agentur
- Verb constructioneiner Agentur vertrauen + Dativ
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Semantically relatedUnternehmen — company
An Agentur can act as a specialized Unternehmen that arranges services or takes on contracts; Unternehmen is the broader, more general term here.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeBorrowing
„Agentur“ is a loanword from French.