Definition
Professional guidance and information provided to help someone make a decision.
Translations
- English
- consultation
- Français
- conseil
- Türkçe
- danışmanlık
- Polski
- doradztwo
- Русский
- консультация
- Українська
- консультація
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Beratung
- B1
- Noun
- Services & Everyday Tasks
- Communication
consultation
/diː bəˈʁaːtʊŋ/
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
- Beratungen
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- B1
- Morphology
- Derived word
- Topics
- Services & Everyday TasksPrimaryCommunication
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Die Beratung beginnt um neun Uhr.NominativSing.The consultation begins at nine o’clock.
- Wir vereinbarten eine ausführliche Beratung.AkkusativSing.We agreed on a detailed consultation.
- Die Beraterin widmete der Beratung viel Zeit.DativSing.The consultant devoted a great deal of time to the consultation.
- Die Qualität der Beratung war ausgezeichnet.GenitivSing.The quality of the consultation was excellent.
- Beratungen können online stattfinden.NominativPlur.Consultations can take place online.
- Viele Menschen suchen Beratungen vor wichtigen Entscheidungen.AkkusativPlur.Many people seek consultations before making important decisions.
- Die Teilnehmenden folgten den Beratungen aufmerksam.DativPlur.The participants followed the consultations attentively.
- Die Ergebnisse der Beratungen waren hilfreich.GenitivPlur.The results of the consultations were helpful.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Beratung/bəˈʁaːtʊŋ/
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Article phrase
die Beratung/diː bəˈʁaːtʊŋ/
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Plural
Beratungen/bəˈʁaːtʊŋən/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Beratung | die Beratungen |
| Akkusativ | die Beratung | die Beratungen |
| Dativ | der Beratung | den Beratungen |
| Genitiv | der Beratung | der Beratungen |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationeine rechtliche Beratung in Anspruch nehmen
- Collocationeine professionelle Beratung anbieten
- Verb constructionjemandem eine Beratung geben + Akkusativ
- Sentence patternDie Beratung hilft bei einer wichtigen Entscheidung.
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Near-synonymKonsultation
Konsultation also denotes a professional Beratung, but it often sounds more formal and frequently refers to a focused exchange with a specialist.
- Related termAuskunft — information
A Beratung helps with a decision; a Auskunft, by contrast, mainly provides the information being sought.
- Broader termUnterstützung — support
Beratung is a special form of Unterstützung that primarily helps with decisions by providing information and guidance.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeDerived word
- beratenOther
- -ungSuffix
„Beratung“ is synchronically formed as a derivation from the verb „beraten“ with the suffix „-ung“.