Definition
An organised association of people with shared interests or activities.
Translations
- English
- club
- Français
- club
- Türkçe
- kulüp
- Polski
- klub
- Русский
- клуб
- Українська
- клуб
GERMAN DICTIONARY
der Club
- A1
- Noun
- Leisure & Hobbies
- Society & Public Life
club
/deːɐ̯ klʊp/
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
- Clubs
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A1
- Morphology
- Borrowing
- Topics
- Leisure & HobbiesPrimarySociety & Public Life
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Der Club organisiert jeden Monat ein Treffen.NominativSing.The club organizes a meeting every month.
- Die Stadt unterstützt den Club mit einem neuen Jugendprogramm.AkkusativSing.The city supports the club with a new youth program.
- Viele Jugendliche schließen sich dem Club an.DativSing.Many young people join the club.
- Die Geschichte des Clubs reicht bis in das vorige Jahrhundert zurück.GenitivSing.The club's history goes back to the previous century.
- Die Clubs der Stadt bieten vielfältige Aktivitäten an.NominativPlur.The city's clubs offer a wide range of activities.
- Die Besucher vergleichen mehrere Clubs miteinander.AkkusativPlur.The visitors compare several clubs with one another.
- Die Stadt stellt den Clubs geeignete Räume zur Verfügung.DativPlur.The city provides the clubs with suitable premises.
- Die Beiträge der Clubs finanzieren gemeinsame Projekte.GenitivPlur.The clubs' membership fees finance joint projects.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Club/klʊp/
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Article phrase
der Club/deːɐ̯ klʊp/
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Plural
Clubs/klʊps/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Club | die Clubs |
| Akkusativ | den Club | die Clubs |
| Dativ | dem Club | den Clubs |
| Genitiv | des Clubs | der Clubs |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationeinem Club beitreten
- Collocationeinen Club gründen
- Verb constructioneinen Club leiten + Akkusativ
- Prepositional constructionin einem Clubin + Dativ
- Prepositional constructionfür einen Clubfür + Akkusativ
- Adjective combinationein exklusiver Club
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Near-synonymVerein — association
A Club is usually smaller or more leisure-oriented; Verein more generally refers to an organized community with shared bylaws.
- Related termDisco — nightclub
A Disco is oriented toward dancing to music; a Club can also have other purposes or a different nightlife concept.
- Broader termOrganisation — organization
- Broader termGruppe — group
Gruppe is the more general term; a Club is an organized Gruppe with shared interests or activities.
- Easily confused withKlub
Klub and Club are spelling variants with the same meaning; Club often seems more international, while Klub is the more thoroughly Germanized form.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeBorrowing
„Club“ is a noun borrowed from English and is used as a masculine noun in German.