Definition
A written or digital record containing information or evidence.
Translations
- English
- document
- Français
- document
- Türkçe
- belge
- Polski
- dokument
- Русский
- документ
- Українська
- документ
GERMAN DICTIONARY
das Dokument
- A2
- Noun
- Personal Information
- Services & Everyday Tasks
document
/das dokuˈmɛnt/
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
- Dokumente
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A2
- Morphology
- Borrowing
- Topics
- Personal InformationPrimaryServices & Everyday Tasks
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Ein Dokument liegt auf dem Tisch.NominativSing.A document is lying on the table.
- Bitte archivieren Sie das Dokument sorgfältig.AkkusativSing.Please archive the document carefully.
- Ich füge dem Dokument eine kurze Notiz hinzu.DativSing.I am adding a short note to the document.
- Die Seiten des Dokuments sind nummeriert.GenitivSing.The pages of the document are numbered.
- Die Dokumente liegen im Archiv.NominativPlur.The documents are in the archive.
- Die Mitarbeiter prüfen die Dokumente.AkkusativPlur.The employees are reviewing the documents.
- Die Sachbearbeiter arbeiten mit den Dokumenten.DativPlur.The caseworkers work with the documents.
- Die Inhalte der Dokumente sind vertraulich.GenitivPlur.The contents of the documents are confidential.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Dokument/dokuˈmɛnt/
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Article phrase
das Dokument/das dokuˈmɛnt/
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Plural
Dokumente/dokuˈmɛntə/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | das Dokument | die Dokumente |
| Akkusativ | das Dokument | die Dokumente |
| Dativ | dem Dokument | den Dokumenten |
| Genitiv | des Dokuments | der Dokumente |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Adjective combinationein offizielles Dokument
- Adjective combinationein wichtiges Dokument
- Verb constructionein Dokument erstellen + Akkusativ
- Verb constructionein Dokument prüfen + Akkusativ
- Prepositional constructionmit einem Dokument arbeitenmit + Dativ
- Sentence patternDas Dokument enthält wichtige Informationen.
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Semantically relatedDatei — file
A Dokument can be a Datei, but not every Datei is a substantively developed Dokument.
- Near-synonymUnterlage
A Unterlage is usually a concrete Dokument or material; Dokument can also refer to digital or formal evidence.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeBorrowing
„Dokument“ is an established loanword from Latin and is used in German as an independent noun.