Definition
A characteristic quality or feature that a person or thing has.
Translations
- English
- characteristic
- Français
- caractéristique
- Türkçe
- özellik
- Polski
- cecha
- Русский
- характеристика
- Українська
- характеристика
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Eigenschaft
- B1
- Noun
- Emotions & Personality
- Communication
characteristic
/diː ˈaɪ̯ɡn̩ʃaft/
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
- Eigenschaften
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- B1
- Morphology
- Derived word
- Topics
- Emotions & PersonalityPrimaryCommunication
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Geduld ist eine wichtige Eigenschaft in diesem Beruf.NominativSing.Patience is an important quality in this profession.
- Die Wissenschaftler untersuchten die Eigenschaft des Materials genau.AkkusativSing.The scientists carefully examined the material's property.
- Man kann einer besonderen Eigenschaft des Materials große Bedeutung zuschreiben.DativSing.Great importance can be attached to a particular property of the material.
- Die Bedeutung der Eigenschaft wurde ausführlich erklärt.GenitivSing.The significance of the property was explained in detail.
- Die Eigenschaften dieses Stoffes sind gut dokumentiert.NominativPlur.The properties of this substance are well documented.
- Die Forscher verglichen die Eigenschaften verschiedener Materialien.AkkusativPlur.The researchers compared the properties of different materials.
- Den Eigenschaften des Produkts widmete man besondere Aufmerksamkeit.DativPlur.Special attention was devoted to the properties of the product.
- Die Unterschiede der Eigenschaften waren deutlich erkennbar.GenitivPlur.The differences between the properties were clearly discernible.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Eigenschaft/ˈaɪ̯ɡn̩ʃaft/
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Article phrase
die Eigenschaft/diː ˈaɪ̯ɡn̩ʃaft/
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Plural
Eigenschaften/ˈaɪ̯ɡn̩ʃaftn̩/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Eigenschaft | die Eigenschaften |
| Akkusativ | die Eigenschaft | die Eigenschaften |
| Dativ | der Eigenschaft | den Eigenschaften |
| Genitiv | der Eigenschaft | der Eigenschaften |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Adjective combinationeine besondere Eigenschaft
- Verb constructioneine Eigenschaft besitzen + Akkusativ
- Verb constructioneiner Sache eine Eigenschaft zuschreiben + Akkusativ
- Prepositional constructionmit einer Eigenschaft verbunden seinmit + Dativ
- Sentence patternDiese Eigenschaft ist für das Ergebnis entscheidend.
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Near-synonymMerkmal
A Merkmal denotes a recognizable distinctive feature; a Eigenschaft usually describes a lasting or characteristic Merkmal of a person or thing.
- Near-synonymKennzeichen
A Kennzeichen is a distinguishing feature; a Eigenschaft can also exist without serving to identify something.
- Narrower termFähigkeit — ability
A Fähigkeit is a special form of Eigenschaft that enables a person or thing to perform an action or achieve a performance.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeDerived word
- eigenOther
- -schaftSuffix
„Eigenschaft“ is synchronically formed from the adjective „eigen“ and the suffix „-schaft“.
Word family
- eigen
- Eigentum