Definition
A thought or notion from which something new can develop.
Translations
- English
- idea
- Français
- idée
- Türkçe
- fikir
- Polski
- pomysł
- Русский
- идея
- Українська
- ідея
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Idee
- A1
- Noun
- Communication
- Education & Learning
idea
/diː iˈdeː/
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
- Ideen
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A1
- Morphology
- Simple word
- Topics
- CommunicationPrimaryEducation & Learning
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Seine Idee gefällt dem ganzen Team.NominativSing.The whole team likes his idea.
- Ich habe eine Idee für das Wochenende.AkkusativSing.I have an idea for the weekend.
- Wir arbeiten an einer neuen Idee.DativSing.We are working on a new idea.
- Die Ideen sind interessant.NominativPlur.The ideas are interesting.
- Wir sammeln neue Ideen.AkkusativPlur.We collect new ideas.
- Aus den Ideen entsteht ein Plan.DativPlur.A plan develops from the ideas.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Idee/iˈdeː/
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Article phrase
die Idee/diː iˈdeː/
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Plural
Ideen/iˈdeːən/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Idee | die Ideen |
| Akkusativ | die Idee | die Ideen |
| Dativ | der Idee | den Ideen |
| Genitiv | der Idee | der Ideen |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationeine Idee haben
- Collocationeine Idee entwickeln
- Prepositional constructionauf eine Idee kommenauf + Akkusativ
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Near-synonymEinfall — sudden idea
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeSimple word