Definition
An organised economic unit in which goods are produced or services are provided.
Translations
- English
- company
- Français
- entreprise
- Türkçe
- işletme
- Polski
- zakład
- Русский
- предприятие
- Українська
- підприємство
GERMAN DICTIONARY
der Betrieb
- A2
- Noun
- Work & Professions
company
/deːɐ̯ bəˈtʁiːp/
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
- Betriebe
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A2
- Morphology
- Implicit derivation
- Topics
- Work & ProfessionsPrimary
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Der Betrieb beschäftigt viele Menschen.NominativSing.The business employs many people.
- Die Firma modernisiert den Betrieb.AkkusativSing.The company is modernizing the business.
- Die Leitung vertraut dem Betrieb.DativSing.The management trusts the business.
- Die Entwicklung des Betriebes dauert mehrere Jahre.GenitivSing.The development of the business takes several years.
- Betriebe schaffen Arbeitsplätze.NominativPlur.Businesses create jobs.
- Die Behörde kontrolliert die Betriebe.AkkusativPlur.The authority inspects the businesses.
- Die Stadt hilft den Betrieben mit Förderprogrammen.DativPlur.The city helps the businesses with funding programs.
- Die Standorte der Betriebe liegen in verschiedenen Regionen.GenitivPlur.The sites of the businesses are located in different regions.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Betrieb/bəˈtʁiːp/
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Article phrase
der Betrieb/deːɐ̯ bəˈtʁiːp/
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Plural
Betriebe/bəˈtʁiːbə/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Betrieb | die Betriebe |
| Akkusativ | den Betrieb | die Betriebe |
| Dativ | dem Betrieb | den Betrieben |
| Genitiv | des Betriebes | der Betriebe |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationeinen Betrieb führen
- Collocationeinen Betrieb gründen
- Prepositional constructionin einem Betrieb arbeitenin + Dativ
- Verb constructioneinen Betrieb stilllegen + Akkusativ
- Collocationeinen Betrieb übernehmen
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Near-synonymUnternehmen — company
- Broader termOrganisation — organization
- Narrower termFabrik — factory
A Fabrik is a particular Betrieb that mainly manufactures goods industrially; not every Betrieb is a Fabrik.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeImplicit derivation
- SourcebetreibenVerb
„Betrieb“ is an implicit derivation from „betreiben“; compared with the verb, the noun shows the stem-vowel change from ei to ie.