Definition
The act of going to see a person or place and staying there for a limited time.
Translations
- English
- visit
- Français
- visite
- Türkçe
- ziyaret
- Polski
- wizyta
- Русский
- визит
- Українська
- відвідування
GERMAN DICTIONARY
der Besuch
- A1
- Noun
- People & Family
- Communication
visit
/deːɐ̯ bəˈzuːx/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- der
- Gender
- Masculine
- Plural
- Besuche
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A1
- Morphology
- Conversion
- Topics
- People & FamilyPrimaryCommunication
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Der Besuch im Museum dauert zwei Stunden.NominativSing.The visit to the museum lasts two hours.
- Danke für deinen Besuch.AkkusativSing.Thank you for your visit.
- Am Sonntag sind wir bei Freunden zu Besuch.DativSing.On Sunday we are visiting friends.
- Die Dauer des Besuchs war überraschend kurz.GenitivSing.The duration of the visit was surprisingly short.
- Viele Besuche bei Verwandten finden am Wochenende statt.NominativPlur.Many visits to relatives take place at the weekend.
- Die Kinder machten während der Ferien mehrere Besuche.AkkusativPlur.The children made several visits during the holidays.
- Bei den Besuchen wurden interessante Gespräche geführt.DativPlur.Interesting conversations took place during the visits.
- Die Häufigkeit der Besuche nahm im Sommer zu.GenitivPlur.The frequency of visits increased in the summer.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Besuch/bəˈzuːx/
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Article phrase
der Besuch/deːɐ̯ bəˈzuːx/
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Plural
Besuche/bəˈzuːxə/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Besuch | die Besuche |
| Akkusativ | den Besuch | die Besuche |
| Dativ | dem Besuch | den Besuchen |
| Genitiv | des Besuchs | der Besuche |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Prepositional constructionzu Besuch seinzu + Dativ
- CollocationBesuch bekommen
- CollocationBesuch im Museum
- Collocationeinen Besuch abstatten
- Collocationunerwarteten Besuch erhalten
- Sentence patternDer Besuch beginnt um zehn Uhr.
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Near-synonymAufenthalt — stay
A Besuch usually refers to deliberately going to a place or staying there briefly; a Aufenthalt places greater emphasis on the duration of being in one place.
- Related termAusflug — excursion
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeConversion
- besuchenOther
„Besuch“ is a conversion of the verb „besuchen“.
Word family
- besuchen
- Besucher — male visitor
- besuchbar
- Besucherin — female visitor