Definition
A legally or formally justified right to receive something.
Translations
- English
- entitlement
- Français
- droit
- Türkçe
- hak
- Polski
- uprawnienie
- Русский
- право
- Українська
- право
GERMAN DICTIONARY
der Anspruch
- B1
- Noun
- Society & Public Life
- Services & Everyday Tasks
entitlement
/deːɐ̯ ˈanʃpʁʊx/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- der
- Gender
- Masculine
- Plural
- Ansprüche
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- B1
- Morphology
- Implicit derivation
- Topics
- Society & Public LifePrimaryServices & Everyday Tasks
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Der Anspruch besteht seit gestern.NominativSing.The claim has existed since yesterday.
- Sie prüft den Anspruch sorgfältig.AkkusativSing.She examines the claim carefully.
- Die Behörde entspricht dem Anspruch des Antragstellers auf Gleichbehandlung.DativSing.The authority complies with the applicant’s claim to equal treatment.
- Die Höhe des Anspruchs ist begrenzt.GenitivSing.The amount of the claim is limited.
- Ansprüche verjähren nach drei Jahren.NominativPlur.Claims become time-barred after three years.
- Die Betroffenen machen ihre Ansprüche geltend.AkkusativPlur.The affected persons assert their claims.
- Die Beratung hilft den Betroffenen bei ihren Ansprüchen.DativPlur.The consultation helps those affected with their claims.
- Die Voraussetzungen der Ansprüche sind klar geregelt.GenitivPlur.The requirements for the claims are clearly regulated.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Anspruch/ˈanʃpʁʊx/
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Article phrase
der Anspruch/deːɐ̯ ˈanʃpʁʊx/
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Plural
Ansprüche/ˈanʃpʁʏçə/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Anspruch | die Ansprüche |
| Akkusativ | den Anspruch | die Ansprüche |
| Dativ | dem Anspruch | den Ansprüchen |
| Genitiv | des Anspruchs | der Ansprüche |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationeinen Anspruch geltend machen
- CollocationAnspruch auf finanzielle Unterstützung
- Verb constructioneinen Anspruch durchsetzen + Akkusativ
- Sentence patternDer Anspruch ist gesetzlich begründet.
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Near-synonymRecht — right
Anspruch usually denotes a Recht to something; Recht is broader and may also mean the authority to take an action or a general legal claim.
- Broader termBerechtigung
A Berechtigung is, more generally, a legal or formal permission; a Anspruch more specifically denotes the right to receive or demand something.
- Easily confused withForderung — formal demand
Anspruch primarily denotes one’s own right to something, whereas Forderung often means an explicitly stated demand directed at others to do or provide something.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeImplicit derivation
- SourceansprechenVerb
„Anspruch“ is an implicit derivation of „ansprechen“.
Word family
- ansprechen
- Anspruchsberechtigung