Definition
A positive change in a person’s health or in the condition of a problem.
Translations
- English
- improvement
- Français
- amélioration
- Türkçe
- iyileşme
- Polski
- poprawa
- Русский
- улучшение
- Українська
- поліпшення
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Besserung
- B1
- Noun
- Body & Health
improvement
/diː ˈbɛsəʁʊŋ/
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
- Besserungen
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- B1
- Morphology
- Derived word
- Topics
- Body & HealthPrimary
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Nach einigen Tagen trat eine deutliche Besserung ein.NominativSing.After a few days, there was a noticeable improvement.
- Die Ärzte stellten eine Besserung des Patienten fest.AkkusativSing.The doctors noted an improvement in the patient’s condition.
- Der Patient widmete sich der Besserung seiner Lebensweise.DativSing.The patient devoted himself to improving his lifestyle.
- Die Ursache der Besserung blieb unklar.GenitivSing.The cause of the improvement remained unclear.
- Besserungen treten manchmal erst nach Wochen ein.NominativPlur.Improvements sometimes occur only after weeks.
- Die Behandlung brachte mehrere Besserungen.AkkusativPlur.The treatment brought about several improvements.
- Die Ärzte berichteten von den Besserungen durch die Therapie.DativPlur.The doctors reported improvements resulting from the therapy.
- Die Folgen der Besserungen waren deutlich sichtbar.GenitivPlur.The consequences of the improvements were clearly visible.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Besserung/ˈbɛsəʁʊŋ/
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Article phrase
die Besserung/diː ˈbɛsəʁʊŋ/
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Plural
Besserungen/ˈbɛsəʁʊŋən/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Besserung | die Besserungen |
| Akkusativ | die Besserung | die Besserungen |
| Dativ | der Besserung | den Besserungen |
| Genitiv | der Besserung | der Besserungen |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Adjective combinationeine deutliche Besserung
- Adjective combinationeine spürbare Besserung
- Prepositional constructionauf Besserung hoffenauf + Akkusativ
- Verb constructionBesserung bringen + Akkusativ
- Prepositional constructionzur Besserung beitragenzu + Dativ
- Sentence patternDie Besserung kommt langsam.
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Near-synonymVerbesserung
Besserung denotes a positive change; Verbesserung often places greater emphasis on actively optimizing a state.
- AntonymVerschlechterung
- Broader termVeränderung — change
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeDerived word
- bessernOther
- -ungSuffix
„Besserung“ is synchronically derived from the verb „bessern“ with the suffix „-ung“.
Word family
- bessern
- verbessern
- besser