Definition
A spoken or written response to a question, statement, or message.
Translations
- English
- answer
- Français
- réponse
- Türkçe
- cevap
- Polski
- odpowiedź
- Русский
- ответ
- Українська
- відповідь
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Antwort
- A2
- Noun
- Communication
- Education & Learning
answer
/diː ˈʔantvɔʁt/
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
- Antworten
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A2
- Morphology
- Simple word
- Topics
- CommunicationPrimaryEducation & Learning
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Die Antwort überzeugt mich.NominativSing.The answer convinces me.
- Ich notiere die Antwort sorgfältig.AkkusativSing.I carefully write down the answer.
- Ich vertraue der Antwort.DativSing.I trust the answer.
- Die Klarheit der Antwort ist beeindruckend.GenitivSing.The clarity of the answer is impressive.
- Die Antworten sind ausführlich.NominativPlur.The answers are detailed.
- Wir vergleichen die Antworten.AkkusativPlur.We compare the answers.
- Wir entnehmen den Antworten wichtige Hinweise.DativPlur.We take important clues from the answers.
- Die Qualität der Antworten ist unterschiedlich.GenitivPlur.The quality of the answers varies.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Antwort/ˈʔantvɔʁt/
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Article phrase
die Antwort/diː ˈʔantvɔʁt/
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Plural
Antworten/ˈʔantvɔʁtən/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Antwort | die Antworten |
| Akkusativ | die Antwort | die Antworten |
| Dativ | der Antwort | den Antworten |
| Genitiv | der Antwort | der Antworten |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Adjective combinationeine klare Antwort
- Adjective combinationeine kurze Antwort
- Verb constructioneine Antwort geben + Akkusativ
- Prepositional constructionauf eine Antwort wartenauf + Akkusativ
- Prepositional constructionohne Antwortohne + Akkusativ
- Sentence patternDie Antwort steht noch aus.
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Near-synonymErwiderung
Antwort is the more general term; Erwiderung usually refers to an immediate reaction to a preceding utterance and sounds somewhat more formal.
- Related termFrage — question
A Frage typically requests a Antwort, whereas a Antwort reacts to a Frage, statement, or message; therefore, the two serve different communicative functions.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeSimple word
„Antwort“ is a simple noun without a productive word-formation structure.