Definition
A man who comes to a place for a limited period.
Translations
- English
- male visitor
- Français
- visiteur
- Türkçe
- erkek ziyaretçi
- Polski
- odwiedzający
- Русский
- посетитель
- Українська
- відвідувач
GERMAN DICTIONARY
der Besucher
- B1
- Noun
- City & Places
- People & Family
male visitor
/deːɐ̯ bəˈzuːçɐ/
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
- Besucher
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- B1
- Morphology
- Derived word
- Topics
- City & PlacesPrimaryPeople & Family
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Jeder Besucher muss sich am Eingang anmelden.NominativSing.Every visitor must register at the entrance.
- Das Hotel begrüßte den Besucher herzlich.AkkusativSing.The hotel warmly welcomed the visitor.
- Die Mitarbeiterin zeigte dem Besucher sein Zimmer.DativSing.The employee showed the visitor his room.
- Die Ankunft des Besuchers verzögerte sich.GenitivSing.The visitor’s arrival was delayed.
- Die Besucher warteten vor dem Museum.NominativPlur.The visitors waited in front of the museum.
- Der Reiseleiter führte die Besucher durch die Altstadt.AkkusativPlur.The tour guide led the visitors through the old town.
- Die Gastgeber boten den Besuchern Kaffee an.DativPlur.The hosts offered the visitors coffee.
- Die Namen der Besucher standen auf der Liste.GenitivPlur.The visitors’ names were on the list.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Besucher/bəˈzuːçɐ/
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Article phrase
der Besucher/deːɐ̯ bəˈzuːçɐ/
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Plural
Besucher/bəˈzuːçɐ/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Besucher | die Besucher |
| Akkusativ | den Besucher | die Besucher |
| Dativ | dem Besucher | den Besuchern |
| Genitiv | des Besuchers | der Besucher |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationeinen Besucher empfangen
- Collocationzahlreiche Besucher begrüßen
- Verb constructionBesucher anmelden + Akkusativ
- Prepositional constructionmit einem Besucher sprechenmit + Dativ
- Adjective combinationein unangemeldeter Besucher
- Sentence patternDer Besucher kommt pünktlich an.
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Near-synonymGast — guest
A Besucher comes to a place temporarily; a Gast usually stays there as an invited or cared-for person.
- Related termBesucherin — female visitor
Besucherin explicitly designates a female person; Besucher can designate people generally or male people.
- Broader termPerson — person
- Narrower termTourist — male tourist
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeDerived word
- BesuchOther
- -erSuffix
„Besucher“ is derived from the verb „besuchen“ with the suffix „-er“ and denotes a person who visits a place.
Word family
- besuchen
- Besucherin — female visitor
- Besuch — visit
- Besuchszeit