Definition
A personal judgment about a particular subject.
Translations
- English
- opinion
- Français
- avis
- Türkçe
- görüş
- Polski
- opinia
- Русский
- мнение
- Українська
- думка
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Ansicht
- B1
- Noun
- Communication
- Emotions & Personality
opinion
/diː ˈanˌzɪçt/
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
- Ansichten
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- B1
- Morphology
- Implicit derivation
- Topics
- CommunicationPrimaryEmotions & Personality
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Die Ansicht des Experten überzeugte das Publikum.NominativSing.The expert's view convinced the audience.
- Der Autor erläuterte seine Ansicht ausführlich.AkkusativSing.The author explained his view in detail.
- Viele Leser stimmten der Ansicht der Forscherin zu.DativSing.Many readers agreed with the researcher's view.
- Die Begründung der Ansicht blieb unklar.GenitivSing.The rationale behind the view remained unclear.
- Verschiedene Ansichten wurden in der Diskussion geäußert.NominativPlur.Various views were expressed during the discussion.
- Die Teilnehmer verglichen ihre Ansichten miteinander.AkkusativPlur.The participants compared their views with one another.
- Die Journalistin gab den unterschiedlichen Ansichten großen Raum.DativPlur.The journalist gave the differing views considerable attention.
- Die Unterschiede der Ansichten waren deutlich erkennbar.GenitivPlur.The differences between the views were clearly discernible.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Ansicht/ˈanˌzɪçt/
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Article phrase
die Ansicht/diː ˈanˌzɪçt/
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Plural
Ansichten/ˈanˌzɪçtən/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Ansicht | die Ansichten |
| Akkusativ | die Ansicht | die Ansichten |
| Dativ | der Ansicht | den Ansichten |
| Genitiv | der Ansicht | der Ansichten |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Adjective combinationeine persönliche Ansicht
- Collocationeine Ansicht vertreten
- Verb constructioneine Ansicht äußern + Akkusativ
- Prepositional constructionnach Ansicht der Expertinnach + Dativ
- Sentence patternDie Ansicht änderte sich nach neuen Informationen.
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Near-synonymMeinung — opinion
- Near-synonymAuffassung
Auffassung often sounds more formal and can also mean an interpretation or fundamental attitude; as a personal opinion, it is only partially interchangeable.
- Semantically relatedEinschätzung
Ansicht usually refers to a personal opinion, whereas Einschätzung generally refers to an evaluative assessment based on information or observation.
- Near-synonymPerspektive
Perspektive often refers to a viewpoint or perspective; in this sense, Ansicht denotes a personal opinion and is not always interchangeable.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeImplicit derivation
- SourceansehenVerb
„Ansicht“ is an implicit derivation of „ansehen“.
Word family
- ansehen
- Ansichtssache