Definition
An ongoing personal connection between two people.
Translations
- English
- relationship
- Français
- relation
- Türkçe
- ilişki
- Polski
- relacja
- Русский
- отношения
- Українська
- стосунки
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Beziehung
- B1
- Noun
- People & Family
- Emotions & Personality
relationship
/diː bəˈtsiːʊŋ/
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
- Beziehungen
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- B1
- Morphology
- Derived word
- Topics
- People & FamilyPrimaryEmotions & Personality
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Eine vertrauensvolle Beziehung stärkt beide Partner.NominativSing.A trusting relationship strengthens both partners.
- Sie pflegt eine enge Beziehung zu ihrer Schwester.AkkusativSing.She maintains a close relationship with her sister.
- Er vertraut seiner langjährigen Beziehung.DativSing.He trusts his long-standing relationship.
- Die Qualität einer Beziehung hängt von gegenseitigem Respekt ab.GenitivSing.The quality of a relationship depends on mutual respect.
- Beziehungen brauchen Zeit und Vertrauen.NominativPlur.Relationships need time and trust.
- Viele Menschen suchen stabile Beziehungen.AkkusativPlur.Many people seek stable relationships.
- In schwierigen Beziehungen fehlt oft offene Kommunikation.DativPlur.Open communication is often lacking in difficult relationships.
- Die Dauer stabiler Beziehungen variiert stark.GenitivPlur.The duration of stable relationships varies greatly.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Beziehung/bəˈtsiːʊŋ/
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Article phrase
die Beziehung/diː bəˈtsiːʊŋ/
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Plural
Beziehungen/bəˈtsiːʊŋən/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Beziehung | die Beziehungen |
| Akkusativ | die Beziehung | die Beziehungen |
| Dativ | der Beziehung | den Beziehungen |
| Genitiv | der Beziehung | der Beziehungen |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationeine Beziehung führen
- Prepositional constructionin einer Beziehung seinin + Dativ
- Adjective combinationeine gute Beziehung
- Adjective combinationeine liebevolle Beziehung
- Adjective combinationeine berufliche Beziehung
- Sentence patternEine Beziehung kann durch Vertrauen wachsen.
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Near-synonymVerbindung — transport connection
A Beziehung usually denotes a personal or social Verbindung; Verbindung is more general and can also refer to factual connections.
- Narrower termFreundschaft — friendship
A Freundschaft is a particular form of personal Beziehung, whereas Beziehung can also include partnership or family ties.
- Easily confused withBegegnung
A Begegnung is a single encounter, whereas a Beziehung is a connection that exists over a longer period.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeDerived word
- bezieh-Other
- -ungSuffix
„Beziehung“ is derived from the verb „beziehen“ with the suffix „-ung“.
Word family
- beziehen
- Bezug
- Beziehungsproblem