Definition
A direct statement asking or instructing someone to perform a particular action.
Translations
- English
- request
- Français
- demande
- Türkçe
- talep
- Polski
- wezwanie
- Русский
- требование
- Українська
- вимога
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Aufforderung
- B1
- Noun
- Communication
- Services & Everyday Tasks
request
/diː ˈaʊ̯fˌfɔʁdərʊŋ/
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
- Aufforderungen
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- B1
- Morphology
- Derived word
- Topics
- CommunicationPrimaryServices & Everyday Tasks
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Die Aufforderung kam unerwartet.NominativSing.The request came unexpectedly.
- Der Lehrer wiederholte die Aufforderung mehrmals.AkkusativSing.The teacher repeated the request several times.
- Die Mitarbeiter folgten der Aufforderung sofort.DativSing.The employees followed the request immediately.
- Der Inhalt der Aufforderung war eindeutig.GenitivSing.The content of the request was unambiguous.
- Die Aufforderungen waren klar formuliert.NominativPlur.The requests were clearly worded.
- Die Teilnehmer befolgten die Aufforderungen des Trainers.AkkusativPlur.The participants followed the trainer’s requests.
- Die Kinder widersetzten sich den Aufforderungen ihrer Betreuer.DativPlur.The children resisted the requests of their caregivers.
- Die Wirkung der Aufforderungen war deutlich spürbar.GenitivPlur.The effect of the requests was clearly perceptible.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Aufforderung/ˈaʊ̯fˌfɔʁdərʊŋ/
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Article phrase
die Aufforderung/diː ˈaʊ̯fˌfɔʁdərʊŋ/
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Plural
Aufforderungen/ˈaʊ̯fˌfɔʁdərʊŋən/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Aufforderung | die Aufforderungen |
| Akkusativ | die Aufforderung | die Aufforderungen |
| Dativ | der Aufforderung | den Aufforderungen |
| Genitiv | der Aufforderung | der Aufforderungen |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationeine Aufforderung erhalten
- Collocationeiner Aufforderung folgen
- Collocationeiner Aufforderung nachkommen
- Collocationeine Aufforderung wiederholen
- Adjective combinationeine schriftliche Aufforderung
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Near-synonymBitte — request
A Bitte is usually polite and voluntary, while a Aufforderung may be phrased more firmly or insistently.
- Near-synonymAnweisung
An Anweisung usually contains specific instructions for carrying something out, while a Aufforderung primarily requires or requests that someone act.
- Narrower termBefehl
An Befehl is a particularly binding and hierarchical form of an Aufforderung; not every Aufforderung has this obligatory character.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeDerived word
- Aufforder-Other
- -ungSuffix
„Aufforderung“ is a derivation from the verb „auffordern“ with the suffix „-ung“.
Word family
- auffordern
- Auffordernde