Definition
The geographical, family, or social origin from which a person comes.
Translations
- English
- origin
- Français
- origine
- Türkçe
- köken
- Polski
- pochodzenie
- Русский
- происхождение
- Українська
- походження
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Herkunft
- B1
- Noun
- Personal Information
- Countries & Cultures
origin
/diː ˈheːɐ̯ˌkʊnft/
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
- Herkünfte
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- B1
- Topics
- Personal InformationPrimaryCountries & Cultures
Usage examples
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Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Herkunft/ˈheːɐ̯ˌkʊnft/
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Article phrase
die Herkunft/diː ˈheːɐ̯ˌkʊnft/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Herkunft | die Herkünfte |
| Akkusativ | — | — |
| Dativ | — | — |
| Genitiv | — | — |
Usage and collocations
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Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
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Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
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