Definition
A special event that someone experiences personally and remembers for a long time.
Translations
- English
- experience
- Français
- expérience
- Türkçe
- deneyim
- Polski
- przeżycie
- Русский
- впечатление
- Українська
- враження
GERMAN DICTIONARY
das Erlebnis
- A2
- Noun
- Leisure & Hobbies
- Emotions & Personality
experience
/das ɛɐ̯ˈleːbnɪs/
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
- Erlebnisse
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A2
- Topics
- Leisure & HobbiesPrimaryEmotions & Personality
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Die Reise war ein besonderes Erlebnis.NominativSing.The journey was a special experience.
- Wir werden dieses Erlebnis nie vergessen.AkkusativSing.We will never forget this experience.
- Nach diesem Erlebnis dachte sie lange nach.DativSing.She thought about it for a long time after this experience.
- Die Wirkung des Erlebnisses war nachhaltig.GenitivSing.The impact of the experience was lasting.
- Viele Erlebnisse prägen einen Menschen.NominativPlur.Many experiences shape a person.
- Die Kinder erzählten begeistert ihre Erlebnisse.AkkusativPlur.The children enthusiastically recounted their experiences.
- Aus ihren Erlebnissen hat sie viel gelernt.DativPlur.She learned a lot from her experiences.
- Die Bedeutung ihrer Erlebnisse wurde ihr erst später klar.GenitivPlur.Only later did she realize the significance of her experiences.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Erlebnis/ɛɐ̯ˈleːbnɪs/
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Article phrase
das Erlebnis/das ɛɐ̯ˈleːbnɪs/
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Plural
Erlebnisse/ɛɐ̯ˈleːbnɪsə/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | das Erlebnis | die Erlebnisse |
| Akkusativ | das Erlebnis | die Erlebnisse |
| Dativ | dem Erlebnis | den Erlebnissen |
| Genitiv | des Erlebnisses | der Erlebnisse |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Adjective combinationein unvergessliches Erlebnis
- Adjective combinationein besonderes Erlebnis
- Adjective combinationein schönes Erlebnis
- Adjective combinationein negatives Erlebnis
- Verb constructionein Erlebnis haben + Akkusativ
- Sentence patternDas Erlebnis bleibt lange in Erinnerung.
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Near-synonymAbenteuer — adventure
Abenteuer usually refers to an exciting, risky Erlebnis; Erlebnis is more general and can also be completely ordinary or calm.
- Easily confused withErfahrung — experience
Erfahrung often arises through experiences, but additionally denotes the knowledge and skills gained from them.
- Semantically relatedGedächtnis — memory
An Erlebnis can shape the Gedächtnis particularly strongly, but it is a concrete event and not the general ability to remember.
- Broader termEreignis — event
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
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