Definition
Something used or provided in place of an item that is missing, damaged, or no longer available.
Translations
- English
- replacement
- Français
- remplacement
- Türkçe
- ikame
- Polski
- zamiennik
- Русский
- замена
- Українська
- заміна
GERMAN DICTIONARY
der Ersatz
- B1
- Noun
- Services & Everyday Tasks
- Shopping & Money
replacement
/deːɐ̯ ˈɛʁzat͡s/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- der
- Gender
- Masculine
- Plural
- —
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- B1
- Topics
- Services & Everyday TasksPrimaryShopping & Money
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Für das kaputte Gerät bekamen wir kostenlosen Ersatz.NominativSing.We received a free replacement for the broken device.
- Wir bestellten kurzfristig einen Ersatz für das defekte Teil.AkkusativSing.We ordered a replacement for the defective part at short notice.
- Mit dem neuen Ersatz funktioniert die Maschine wieder.DativSing.The machine works again with the new replacement.
- Die Qualität des Ersatzes überzeugt uns.GenitivSing.We are impressed by the quality of the replacement.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Ersatz/ˈɛʁzat͡s/
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Article phrase
der Ersatz/deːɐ̯ ˈɛʁzat͡s/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Ersatz | — |
| Akkusativ | den Ersatz | — |
| Dativ | dem Ersatz | — |
| Genitiv | des Ersatzes | — |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationein passender Ersatz
- CollocationErsatz für ein defektes Teil
- Verb constructioneinen Ersatz beschaffen + Akkusativ
- Sentence patternDer Ersatz funktioniert einwandfrei.
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Near-synonymSubstitut
A Substitut is also a Ersatz, but it usually sounds more technical and often denotes a deliberately interchangeable alternative.
- Easily confused withErstattung
Ersatz denotes a substituting item; Erstattung, by contrast, usually denotes the return of money or reimbursement of costs.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Word family
- ersetzen