Definition
A medium and technical system that transmits moving images and sound to many recipients.
Translations
- English
- television
- Français
- télévision
- Türkçe
- televizyon
- Polski
- telewizja
- Русский
- телевидение
- Українська
- телебачення
GERMAN DICTIONARY
das Fernsehen
- A1
- Noun
- Technology & Media
- Leisure & Hobbies
television
/das ˈfɛʁnˌzeːən/
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
- —
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A1
- Morphology
- Derived word
- Topics
- Technology & MediaPrimaryLeisure & Hobbies
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Das Fernsehen berichtet über das Wetter.NominativSing.Television reports on the weather.
- Das Fernsehen berichtet über die Wahl.NominativSing.Television reports on the election.
- Das Fernsehen hat sich stark verändert.NominativSing.Television has changed a lot.
- Im Fernsehen läuft heute ein guter Film.DativSing.There is a good film on television today.
- Ich sehe die Nachrichten im Fernsehen.DativSing.I watch the news on television.
- Viele Informationen kommen aus dem Fernsehen.DativSing.A lot of information comes from television.
- Heute kommt Fußball im Fernsehen.DativSing.Football is on television today.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Fernsehen/ˈfɛʁnˌzeːən/
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Article phrase
das Fernsehen/das ˈfɛʁnˌzeːən/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | das Fernsehen | — |
| Akkusativ | das Fernsehen | — |
| Dativ | dem Fernsehen | — |
| Genitiv | des Fernsehens | — |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Prepositional constructionim Fernsehenin + Dativ
- Collocationdas Fernsehen berichtet
- Prepositional constructionaus dem Fernsehenaus + Dativ
Semantic relations
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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