Definition
A request asking someone to visit or attend a celebration or event.
Translations
- English
- invitation
- Français
- invitation
- Türkçe
- davet
- Polski
- zaproszenie
- Русский
- приглашение
- Українська
- запрошення
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Einladung
- A1
- Noun
- People & Family
- Communication
- Leisure & Hobbies
invitation
/diː ˈaɪ̯nlaːdʊŋ/
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
- Einladungen
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A1
- Morphology
- Derived word
- Topics
- People & FamilyPrimaryCommunicationLeisure & Hobbies
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Die Einladung zur Hochzeit kam gestern.NominativSing.The wedding invitation arrived yesterday.
- Vielen Dank für die Einladung.AkkusativSing.Thank you very much for the invitation.
- Der Termin stand auf der Einladung.DativSing.The date was on the invitation.
- Der Anlass der Einladung war eine Hochzeit.GenitivSing.The occasion for the invitation was a wedding.
- Die Einladungen wurden gestern verschickt.NominativPlur.The invitations were sent yesterday.
- Wir haben zwei Einladungen verschickt.AkkusativPlur.We sent two invitations.
- Wir folgten den Einladungen unserer Freunde.DativPlur.We followed the invitations from our friends.
- Die Gestaltung der Einladungen dauerte mehrere Tage.GenitivPlur.Designing the invitations took several days.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Einladung/ˈaɪ̯nlaːdʊŋ/
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Article phrase
die Einladung/diː ˈaɪ̯nlaːdʊŋ/
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Plural
Einladungen/ˈaɪ̯nlaːdʊŋən/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Einladung | die Einladungen |
| Akkusativ | die Einladung | die Einladungen |
| Dativ | der Einladung | den Einladungen |
| Genitiv | der Einladung | der Einladungen |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationeine Einladung bekommen
- Collocationeine Einladung annehmen
- Collocationeine Einladung ablehnen
- Collocationeine Einladung verschicken
- Collocationeine Einladung erhalten
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
No semantic relations have been added for this sense.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeDerived word
- einlad-Other
- -ungSuffix
„Einladung“ is derived from „einladen“ with the suffix „-ung“.
Word family
- einladen
- Einlader