Definition
An official insistence that another person or organization take a particular action.
Translations
- English
- formal demand
- Français
- exigence
- Türkçe
- talep
- Polski
- żądanie
- Русский
- требование
- Українська
- вимога
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Forderung
- B1
- Noun
- Society & Public Life
- Work & Professions
formal demand
/diː ˈfɔʁdərʊŋ/
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
- Forderungen
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- B1
- Topics
- Society & Public LifePrimaryWork & Professions
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Die Gewerkschaft stellte eine klare Forderung an den Arbeitgeber.NominativSing.The trade union made a clear demand of the employer.
- Der Ausschuss prüfte die Forderung sorgfältig.AkkusativSing.The committee carefully examined the demand.
- Der Minister widersprach der Forderung der Opposition.DativSing.The minister contradicted the opposition’s demand.
- Die Umsetzung der Forderung verzögerte sich.GenitivSing.The implementation of the demand was delayed.
- Die Forderungen der Beschäftigten wurden angehört.NominativPlur.The employees’ demands were heard.
- Das Unternehmen erfüllte die Forderungen der Gewerkschaft.AkkusativPlur.The company fulfilled the trade union’s demands.
- Die Verantwortlichen kamen den Forderungen der Bürger entgegen.DativPlur.Those responsible accommodated the citizens’ demands.
- Die Berechtigung der Forderungen wurde lange diskutiert.GenitivPlur.The legitimacy of the demands was discussed for a long time.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Forderung/ˈfɔʁdərʊŋ/
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Article phrase
die Forderung/diː ˈfɔʁdərʊŋ/
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Plural
Forderungen/ˈfɔʁdərʊŋən/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Forderung | die Forderungen |
| Akkusativ | die Forderung | die Forderungen |
| Dativ | der Forderung | den Forderungen |
| Genitiv | der Forderung | der Forderungen |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationeine Forderung stellen
- Collocationeine Forderung erfüllen
- Verb constructioneine Forderung an jemanden richten + Akkusativ
- Prepositional constructionmit einer Forderung auftretenmit + Dativ
- Sentence patternDie Forderung wurde abgelehnt.
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Near-synonymVerlangen
A Forderung is usually more concrete and binding than a general Verlangen for something.
- Easily confused withAnspruch — entitlement
- Narrower termGeldforderung
A Geldforderung is a specific Forderung in which the demanded performance consists of a payment.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Word family
- fordern
- Fordernde
- Forderungsbescheid