Definition
An individual material thing that can be seen or touched.
Translations
- English
- object
- Français
- objet
- Türkçe
- nesne
- Polski
- przedmiot
- Русский
- предмет
- Українська
- предмет
GERMAN DICTIONARY
der Gegenstand
- A2
- Noun
- Home & Household
object
/deːɐ̯ ˈɡeːɡn̩ʃtant/
Meaning and translations
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Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- der
- Gender
- Masculine
- Plural
- Gegenstände
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A2
- Topics
- Home & HouseholdPrimary
Usage examples
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Pronunciation and forms
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Lemma
Gegenstand/ˈɡeːɡn̩ʃtant/
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Article phrase
der Gegenstand/deːɐ̯ ˈɡeːɡn̩ʃtant/
Declension / Forms
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Usage and collocations
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Semantic relations
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- Narrower termArtikel — item
Artikel here refers to an Gegenstand intended for offering or sale; Gegenstand is broader in scope and does not presuppose a commercial context.
- Near-synonymDing — thing
Ding is very general; Gegenstand usually denotes a specific, material object and sounds more matter-of-fact.
Word formation and word family
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