Definition
A calendar specification consisting of day, month, and year.
Translations
- English
- date
- Français
- date
- Türkçe
- tarih
- Polski
- data
- Русский
- дата
- Українська
- дата
GERMAN DICTIONARY
das Datum
- A1
- Noun
- Time & Calendar
- Personal Information
- Services & Everyday Tasks
date
/das ˈdaːtʊm/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- das
- Gender
- Neuter
- Plural
- Daten
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A1
- Morphology
- Borrowing
- Topics
- Time & CalendarPrimaryPersonal InformationServices & Everyday Tasks
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Das Datum der Prüfung steht noch nicht fest.NominativSing.The date of the examination has not yet been set.
- Bitte schreiben Sie das Datum auf das Formular.AkkusativSing.Please write the date on the form.
- Dem Datum auf dem Brief zufolge wurde er gestern verschickt.DativSing.According to the date on the letter, it was sent yesterday.
- Die Bedeutung des Datums ist unklar.GenitivSing.The significance of the date is unclear.
- Die Daten werden täglich aktualisiert.NominativPlur.The data are updated daily.
- Ich überprüfe die Daten sorgfältig.AkkusativPlur.I check the data carefully.
- Wir arbeiten mit den Daten weiter.DativPlur.We continue working with the data.
- Die Genauigkeit der Daten ist entscheidend.GenitivPlur.The accuracy of the data is crucial.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Datum/ˈdaːtʊm/
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Article phrase
das Datum/das ˈdaːtʊm/
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Plural
Daten/ˈdaːtən/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | das Datum | die Daten |
| Akkusativ | das Datum | die Daten |
| Dativ | dem Datum | den Daten |
| Genitiv | des Datums | der Daten |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationdas Datum schreiben
- Collocationdas Datum angeben
- Sentence patternWelches Datum ist heute?
- Collocationein genaues Datum festlegen
- Collocationdas Datum ändern
- Verb constructionein Datum nennen + Akkusativ
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Semantically relatedTag — day
A Datum denotes the calendar date, whereas a Tag denotes the entire period of 24 hours or the span of time between morning and evening.
- Semantically relatedMonat — month
A Datum can consist of a day, Monat, and year; the Monat is merely the larger unit of time into which a specific Datum is placed.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeBorrowing
„Datum“ is a noun borrowed from Latin; its German inflection shows no productive compounding or derivation.
Word family
- Datumsangabe
- Datumsformat