Definition
An official document confirming a person’s identity and nationality and enabling international travel.
Translations
- English
- passport
- Français
- passeport
- Türkçe
- pasaport
- Polski
- paszport
- Русский
- паспорт
- Українська
- паспорт
GERMAN DICTIONARY
der Pass
- A1
- Noun
- Personal Information
- Services & Everyday Tasks
passport
/deːɐ̯ ˈpas/
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
- Pässe
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A1
- Morphology
- Simple word
- Topics
- Personal InformationPrimaryServices & Everyday Tasks
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Der Pass ist hier das Thema.NominativSing.The topic here is “passport”.
- Der Text nennt den Pass.AkkusativSing.The text mentions “passport”.
- Der Text handelt vom Pass.DativSing.The text is about “passport”.
- Mehrere Pässe werden hier genannt.NominativPlur.Several examples related to “passport” are mentioned here.
- Der Text nennt mehrere Pässe.AkkusativPlur.The text mentions several examples related to “passport”.
- Der Text handelt von mehreren Pässen.DativPlur.The text is about several examples related to “passport”.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Pass/pas/
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Article phrase
der Pass/deːɐ̯ ˈpas/
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Plural
Pässe/ˈpɛsə/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Pass | die Pässe |
| Akkusativ | den Pass | die Pässe |
| Dativ | dem Pass | den Pässen |
| Genitiv | des Passes | der Pässe |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationden Pass zeigen
- Collocationeinen Pass beantragen
- Prepositional constructionmit dem Pass reisenmit + Dativ
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Broader termDokument
- Semantically relatedStaatsangehörigkeit — nationality
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeSimple word