Definition
A favorable opportunity for something to happen or succeed.
Translations
- English
- chance
- Français
- chance
- Türkçe
- fırsat
- Polski
- szansa
- Русский
- шанс
- Українська
- шанс
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Chance
- B1
- Noun
- Emotions & Personality
- Work & Professions
chance
/diː ʃaŋs/
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
- Chancen
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- B1
- Morphology
- Borrowing
- Topics
- Emotions & PersonalityPrimaryWork & Professions
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Die Chance auf einen Erfolg motivierte sie.NominativSing.The chance of success motivated her.
- Sie nutzte die Chance sofort.AkkusativSing.She seized the opportunity immediately.
- Mit dieser Chance kann er seine Ziele erreichen.DativSing.With this chance, he can achieve his goals.
- Der Wert der Chance war schwer einzuschätzen.GenitivSing.The value of the opportunity was difficult to assess.
- Die Chancen auf einen Sieg sind gestiegen.NominativPlur.The chances of victory have increased.
- Sie erkannte mehrere Chancen im Gespräch.AkkusativPlur.She recognized several opportunities in the conversation.
- Wir sollten den Chancen mehr Aufmerksamkeit schenken.DativPlur.We should pay more attention to the opportunities.
- Die Bedeutung der Chancen wurde deutlich.GenitivPlur.The significance of the opportunities became clear.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Chance/ʃaŋs/
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Article phrase
die Chance/diː ʃaŋs/
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Plural
Chancen/ˈʃaŋsn̩/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Chance | die Chancen |
| Akkusativ | die Chance | die Chancen |
| Dativ | der Chance | den Chancen |
| Genitiv | der Chance | der Chancen |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Adjective combinationeine einmalige Chance
- Collocationeine gute Chance haben
- Collocationdie Chance nutzen
- Collocationeine Chance bekommen
- Sentence patternDie Chance auf einen Neuanfang ist groß.
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Near-synonymMöglichkeit — possibility
A Chance is usually a concrete Möglichkeit with prospects of success; Möglichkeit is more general and neutral.
- Semantically relatedRisiko — risk
A Chance denotes a favorable opportunity, whereas a Risiko denotes a possible negative consequence or danger.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeBorrowing
„Chance“ is a noun borrowed from French.