Definition
The central idea that a speech, text, or artistic work is intended to communicate.
Translations
- English
- message
- Français
- message
- Türkçe
- mesaj
- Polski
- przesłanie
- Русский
- послание
- Українська
- послання
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Botschaft
- B1
- Noun
- Communication
- Society & Public Life
message
/diː ˈboːtʃaft/
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
- Botschaften
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- B1
- Morphology
- Derived word
- Topics
- CommunicationPrimarySociety & Public Life
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Die Botschaft war für alle verständlich.NominativSing.The message was understandable to everyone.
- Die Zuschauer verstanden die Botschaft des Films sofort.AkkusativSing.The viewers immediately understood the film's message.
- Viele Menschen glaubten der Botschaft der Kampagne.DativSing.Many people believed the campaign's message.
- Der Inhalt der Botschaft blieb lange umstritten.GenitivSing.The content of the message remained controversial for a long time.
- Die Botschaften der Parteien unterschieden sich deutlich.NominativPlur.The parties' messages differed considerably.
- Die Journalisten verglichen die Botschaften der Kandidaten.AkkusativPlur.The journalists compared the candidates' messages.
- Die Botschaften gaben den Wählern Orientierung.DativPlur.The messages provided the voters with guidance.
- Die Wirkung der Botschaften war nicht sofort erkennbar.GenitivPlur.The impact of the messages was not immediately apparent.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Botschaft/ˈboːtʃaft/
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Article phrase
die Botschaft/diː ˈboːtʃaft/
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Plural
Botschaften/ˈboːtʃaftn̩/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Botschaft | die Botschaften |
| Akkusativ | die Botschaft | die Botschaften |
| Dativ | der Botschaft | den Botschaften |
| Genitiv | der Botschaft | der Botschaften |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Adjective combinationeine klare Botschaft
- Collocationeine politische Botschaft enthalten
- Verb constructioneine Botschaft vermitteln + Akkusativ
- Prepositional constructionmit einer Botschaft arbeitenmit + Dativ
- Sentence patternDie Botschaft kommt deutlich zum Ausdruck.
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Near-synonymMitteilung
A Botschaft usually conveys a particular message or intention; a Mitteilung often provides information in a more factual and neutral manner.
- Broader termInformation — information
A Botschaft is a form of Information, but it often contains a specific message, intended effect, or significance.
- Related termAussage — statement
Botschaft and Aussage denote related but not completely identical content; Botschaft places greater emphasis on the intended meaning.
- Easily confused withNachricht — message
A Nachricht usually reports an event, whereas a Botschaft primarily denotes a conveyed message or intention.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeDerived word
- BoteOther
- -schaftSuffix
„Botschaft“ can be analyzed synchronically as a derivation from „Bote“ with the suffix „-schaft“.