Definition
A financial institution that manages money, maintains accounts, and provides other financial services.
Translations
- English
- bank
- Français
- banque
- Türkçe
- banka
- Polski
- bank
- Русский
- банк
- Українська
- банк
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Bank
- A1
- Noun
- Shopping & Money
- City & Places
bank
/diː ˈbaŋk/
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
- Banken
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A1
- Morphology
- Simple word
- Topics
- Shopping & MoneyPrimaryCity & Places
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Die Bank öffnet um neun Uhr.NominativSing.The bank opens at nine o'clock.
- Die Bank führt die Überweisung heute aus.NominativSing.The bank processes the transfer today.
- Ich rufe die Bank an.AkkusativSing.I call the bank.
- Ich habe ein Konto bei der Bank.DativSing.I have an account at the bank.
- Die Banken bieten verschiedene Konten an.NominativPlur.The banks offer different accounts.
- Wir vergleichen mehrere Banken.AkkusativPlur.We compare several banks.
- Bei den Banken gelten unterschiedliche Gebühren.DativPlur.The banks charge different fees.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Bank/baŋk/
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Article phrase
die Bank/diː ˈbaŋk/
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Plural
Banken/ˈbaŋkən/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Bank | die Banken |
| Akkusativ | die Bank | die Banken |
| Dativ | der Bank | den Banken |
| Genitiv | der Bank | der Banken |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationeine Bank suchen
- Collocationbei der Bank Geld abheben
- Prepositional constructionzur Bank gehenzu + Dativ
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Broader termKreditinstitut
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeSimple word