Definition
A public gathering at which people express a shared political opinion.
Translations
- English
- demonstration
- Français
- manifestation
- Türkçe
- gösteri
- Polski
- demonstracja
- Русский
- демонстрация
- Українська
- демонстрація
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Demonstration
- A2
- Noun
- Society & Public Life
- Communication
demonstration
/diː dɛmɔnstraˈtsi̯oːn/
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
- Demonstrationen
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A2
- Morphology
- Borrowing
- Topics
- Society & Public LifePrimaryCommunication
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Die Demonstration beginnt vor dem Rathaus.NominativSing.The demonstration begins in front of the town hall.
- Die Polizei beobachtet die Demonstration aufmerksam.AkkusativSing.The police are observing the demonstration attentively.
- Die Bevölkerung steht der Demonstration kritisch gegenüber.DativSing.The population is critical of the demonstration.
- Der Beginn der Demonstration wurde angekündigt.GenitivSing.The beginning of the demonstration was announced.
- Die Demonstrationen finden regelmäßig statt.NominativPlur.The demonstrations take place regularly.
- Die Medien dokumentieren die Demonstrationen.AkkusativPlur.The media document the demonstrations.
- Die Teilnehmer schließen sich den Demonstrationen an.DativPlur.The participants join the demonstrations.
- Die Ziele der Demonstrationen sind vielfältig.GenitivPlur.The aims of the demonstrations are diverse.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Demonstration/dɛmɔnstraˈtsi̯oːn/
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Article phrase
die Demonstration/diː dɛmɔnstraˈtsi̯oːn/
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Plural
Demonstrationen/dɛmɔnstraˈtsi̯oːnən/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Demonstration | die Demonstrationen |
| Akkusativ | die Demonstration | die Demonstrationen |
| Dativ | der Demonstration | den Demonstrationen |
| Genitiv | der Demonstration | der Demonstrationen |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationeine Demonstration organisieren
- Collocationan einer Demonstration teilnehmen
- Verb constructiondie Demonstration unterstützen + Akkusativ
- Prepositional constructionbei einer Demonstrationbei + Dativ
- Adjective combinationeine friedliche Demonstration
- Sentence patternDie Demonstration zieht durch die Innenstadt.
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Near-synonymKundgebung
A Kundgebung is also a public political gathering, whereas Demonstration can also denote a visible protest march.
- Broader termVersammlung
A Demonstration is a specific form of a Versammlung with public, often political expression.
- Narrower termProtestmarsch
A Protestmarsch is a moving form of a Demonstration; however, not every Demonstration is a march.
- Easily confused withDemonstrant
Demonstration denotes the event or process, whereas Demonstrant denotes the person participating in it.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeBorrowing
„Demonstration“ is an established loanword; no productive synchronic decomposition is assumed.