Definition
A man with whom someone has a committed romantic relationship or shares a life.
Translations
- English
- male partner
- Français
- partenaire masculin
- Türkçe
- erkek partner
- Polski
- partner
- Русский
- партнёр
- Українська
- партнер
GERMAN DICTIONARY
der Partner
- A1
- Noun
- People & Family
- Personal Information
male partner
/deːɐ̯ ˈpaʁtnɐ/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- der
- Gender
- Masculine
- Plural
- Partner
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A1
- Morphology
- Borrowing
- Topics
- People & FamilyPrimaryPersonal Information
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Ihr Partner arbeitet als Lehrer.NominativSing.Her partner works as a teacher.
- Ich kenne ihren Partner gut.AkkusativSing.I know her partner well.
- Sie lebt mit ihrem Partner zusammen.DativSing.She lives together with her partner.
- Die Unterstützung des Partners war für sie sehr wichtig.GenitivSing.Her partner's support was very important to her.
- Beide Partner arbeiten Vollzeit.NominativPlur.Both partners work full-time.
- Sie stellte die Partner ihrer Töchter vor.AkkusativPlur.She introduced her daughters' partners.
- Die Frauen erzählten ihren Partnern von den gemeinsamen Plänen.DativPlur.The women told their partners about the plans they had made together.
- Die Lebensweisen der Partner unterscheiden sich oft erheblich.GenitivPlur.The partners’ ways of life often differ considerably.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Partner/ˈpaʁtnɐ/
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Article phrase
der Partner/deːɐ̯ ˈpaʁtnɐ/
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Plural
Partner/ˈpaʁtnɐ/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Partner | die Partner |
| Akkusativ | den Partner | die Partner |
| Dativ | dem Partner | den Partnern |
| Genitiv | des Partners | der Partner |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationihr Partner
- Prepositional constructionmit dem Partnermit + Dativ
- Collocationder Partner begleitet
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Near-synonymLebensgefährte
- Near-synonymFreund — male friend
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.