Definition
A shared decision reached after the people involved resolve a disagreement.
Translations
- English
- agreement
- Français
- accord
- Türkçe
- uzlaşma
- Polski
- porozumienie
- Русский
- соглашение
- Українська
- угода
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Einigung
- B1
- Noun
- Communication
- Society & Public Life
agreement
/diː ˈaɪ̯nɪɡʊŋ/
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
- Einigungen
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- B1
- Morphology
- Derived word
- Topics
- CommunicationPrimarySociety & Public Life
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Nach langen Verhandlungen erzielten beide Seiten eine Einigung.NominativSing.After lengthy negotiations, both sides reached an agreement.
- Die Einigung verhinderte einen weiteren Streit.AkkusativSing.The agreement prevented another dispute.
- Die Parteien stimmten der Einigung am Ende zu.DativSing.In the end, the parties agreed to the agreement.
- Die Umsetzung der Einigung dauerte mehrere Monate.GenitivSing.Implementing the agreement took several months.
- Einigungen zwischen Konfliktparteien schaffen oft neues Vertrauen.NominativPlur.Agreements between parties to a conflict often create new trust.
- Die Mediatorin dokumentierte mehrere Einigungen aus ähnlichen Fällen.AkkusativPlur.The mediator documented several agreements from similar cases.
- Nach schwierigen Gesprächen vertrauten die Beteiligten den Einigungen nicht sofort.DativPlur.After difficult discussions, the parties involved did not immediately trust the agreements.
- Die Bedingungen der Einigungen wurden gemeinsam festgelegt.GenitivPlur.The terms of the agreements were established jointly.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Einigung/ˈaɪ̯nɪɡʊŋ/
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Article phrase
die Einigung/diː ˈaɪ̯nɪɡʊŋ/
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Plural
Einigungen/ˈaɪ̯nɪɡʊŋən/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Einigung | die Einigungen |
| Akkusativ | die Einigung | die Einigungen |
| Dativ | der Einigung | den Einigungen |
| Genitiv | der Einigung | der Einigungen |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Adjective combinationeine faire Einigung
- Collocationzu einer Einigung kommen
- Verb constructioneiner Einigung zustimmen + Dativ
- Prepositional constructionmit einer Einigung rechnenmit + Dativ
- Sentence patternNach langen Verhandlungen wurde eine Einigung erzielt.
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Near-synonymÜbereinkunft
Einigung and Übereinkunft both refer to a common result that has been achieved, with Übereinkunft often sounding more formal.
- Narrower termKompromiss — compromise
A Kompromiss is a possible form of Einigung in which several sides reach a solution through mutual concessions.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeDerived word
- einigOther
- -ungSuffix
„Einigung“ is a derivation with the suffix „-ung“ from the verb „einigen“.