Definition
A spoken or written expression through which someone communicates information, an opinion, or a position.
Translations
- English
- statement
- Français
- déclaration
- Türkçe
- ifade
- Polski
- wypowiedź
- Русский
- высказывание
- Українська
- висловлювання
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Aussage
- B1
- Noun
- Communication
- Society & Public Life
statement
/diː ˈaʊ̯sˌzaːɡə/
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
- Aussagen
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- B1
- Morphology
- Derived word
- Topics
- CommunicationPrimarySociety & Public Life
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Die Aussage des Zeugen wurde schriftlich festgehalten.NominativSing.The witness's statement was recorded in writing.
- Seine Aussage überzeugte die Zuhörer.AkkusativSing.His statement convinced the listeners.
- Wir stimmten der Aussage des Sachverständigen zu.DativSing.We agreed with the expert's statement.
- Die Bedeutung der Aussage war allen Anwesenden klar.GenitivSing.The meaning of the statement was clear to everyone present.
- Die Aussagen der Zeugen wurden miteinander verglichen.NominativPlur.The witnesses' statements were compared with one another.
- Die Journalistin prüfte mehrere Aussagen sorgfältig.AkkusativPlur.The journalist carefully examined several statements.
- Die Ermittler maßen den Aussagen große Bedeutung bei.DativPlur.The investigators attached great importance to the statements.
- Die Widersprüche der Aussagen erschwerten die Untersuchung.GenitivPlur.The contradictions in the statements made the investigation more difficult.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Aussage/ˈaʊ̯sˌzaːɡə/
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Article phrase
die Aussage/diː ˈaʊ̯sˌzaːɡə/
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Plural
Aussagen/ˈaʊ̯sˌzaːɡn̩/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Aussage | die Aussagen |
| Akkusativ | die Aussage | die Aussagen |
| Dativ | der Aussage | den Aussagen |
| Genitiv | der Aussage | der Aussagen |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationeine überzeugende Aussage
- Collocationeine klare Aussage
- Verb constructioneine Aussage machen + Akkusativ
- Prepositional constructionzu einer Aussage kommenzu + Dativ
- Sentence patternDie Aussage überzeugt die Zuhörer.
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Near-synonymBehauptung
A Behauptung usually presents an opinion or information as true, whereas a Aussage can also be neutral or purely reportorial.
- Near-synonymÄußerung
Äußerung generally refers to the linguistic expression of thoughts; Aussage more strongly suggests the specific content or position communicated.
- Related termBotschaft — message
Botschaft and Aussage denote related but not completely identical content; Botschaft places greater emphasis on the intended meaning.
- Easily confused withAuskunft — information
A Aussage is a claim or statement; a Auskunft is specifically given in response to a question.
- Broader termMitteilung
A Aussage is a specific form of Mitteilung, whereas Mitteilung can also include messages or information without a personal point of view.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeDerived word
- Aussag-Other
- -eSuffix
„Aussage“ is synchronically derived from „aussagen“ with the suffix „-e“.
Word family
- aussagen
- Aussagekraft
- Aussageverweigerung