Definition
A small self-contained flat, often consisting of one room with cooking and sleeping areas.
Translations
- English
- apartment
- Français
- appartement
- Türkçe
- apartman dairesi
- Polski
- apartament
- Русский
- апартаменты
- Українська
- апартаменти
GERMAN DICTIONARY
das Apartment
- A2
- Noun
- Home & Household
apartment
/das aˈpaʁtmənt/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- das
- Gender
- Neuter
- Plural
- Apartments
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A2
- Morphology
- Borrowing
- Topics
- Home & HouseholdPrimary
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Ein Apartment im Zentrum ist teuer.NominativSing.An apartment in the city center is expensive.
- Das Apartment hat eine kleine Küche.AkkusativSing.The apartment has a small kitchen.
- Sie wohnt seit einem Jahr in dem Apartment.DativSing.She has been living in the apartment for a year.
- Die Fenster des Apartments sind neu.GenitivSing.The apartment’s windows are new.
- Apartments liegen in modernen Wohnanlagen.NominativPlur.Apartments are located in modern residential complexes.
- Viele Studenten mieten Apartments in der Stadt.AkkusativPlur.Many students rent apartments in the city.
- Die Mieter wohnen in mehreren Apartments.DativPlur.The tenants live in several apartments.
- Die Grundrisse der Apartments sind unterschiedlich.GenitivPlur.The floor plans of the apartments are different.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Apartment/aˈpaʁtmənt/
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Article phrase
das Apartment/das aˈpaʁtmənt/
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Plural
Apartments/aˈpaʁtmənts/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | das Apartment | die Apartments |
| Akkusativ | das Apartment | die Apartments |
| Dativ | dem Apartment | den Apartments |
| Genitiv | des Apartments | der Apartments |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Adjective combinationein möbliertes Apartment
- Collocationein Apartment mieten
- Prepositional constructionin einem Apartment wohnenin + Dativ
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Near-synonymWohnung — apartment
Apartment usually refers to a smaller, often compact Wohnung; Wohnung is the more general and neutral term.
- Broader termUnterkunft — accommodation
A Apartment can be rented temporarily as Unterkunft; however, Unterkunft also includes other types of accommodation.
- Easily confused withAppartement
Appartement is a similar, now less common term and can refer especially to a small, comfortable apartment or hotel accommodation.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeBorrowing
„Apartment“ is a loanword from English.