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 ˈfɛʁnzeːən/
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
- 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.
- Viele Menschen sehen das Fernsehen jeden Abend.AkkusativSing.Many people watch television every evening.
- Im Fernsehen läuft heute ein guter Film.DativSing.There is a good film on television today.
- Die Geschichte des Fernsehens begann im 20. Jahrhundert.GenitivSing.The history of television began in the 20th century.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Fernsehen/ˈfɛʁnzeːən/
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Article phrase
das Fernsehen/das ˈfɛʁnzeːən/
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
- CollocationFernsehen schauen
- Collocationlive im Fernsehen
- Sentence patternDas Fernsehen zeigt heute einen interessanten Film.
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Easily confused withFernsehgerät
Fernsehen refers to the medium or the range of programmes, whereas a Fernsehgerät is the technical device used to receive it.
- Broader termMedium
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
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