Definition
A short interruption of an activity during which someone can rest or do something else.
Translations
- English
- break
- Français
- pause
- Türkçe
- mola
- Polski
- przerwa
- Русский
- перерыв
- Українська
- перерва
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Pause
- A2
- Noun
- Education & Learning
- Work & Professions
break
/diː ˈpaʊ̯zə/
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
- Pausen
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A2
- Topics
- Education & LearningPrimaryWork & Professions
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Nach zwei Stunden machen wir eine Pause.NominativSing.After two hours, we take a break.
- Ich brauche eine kurze Pause.AkkusativSing.I need a short break.
- In einer kurzen Pause gönne ich mir etwas Ruhe.DativSing.During a short break, I allow myself some rest.
- Das Ende der Pause kam zu früh.GenitivSing.The break ended too soon.
- Pausen helfen beim Entspannen.NominativPlur.Breaks help with relaxation.
- Viele Menschen machen regelmäßig Pausen.AkkusativPlur.Many people take breaks regularly.
- Zwischen den Pausen arbeiten wir konzentriert.DativPlur.We work with concentration between breaks.
- Die Länge der Pausen ist unterschiedlich.GenitivPlur.The length of the breaks varies.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Pause/ˈpaʊ̯zə/
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Article phrase
die Pause/diː ˈpaʊ̯zə/
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Plural
Pausen/ˈpaʊ̯zn̩/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Pause | die Pausen |
| Akkusativ | die Pause | die Pausen |
| Dativ | der Pause | den Pausen |
| Genitiv | der Pause | der Pausen |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationeine kurze Pause machen
- Collocationeine Pause einlegen
- Collocationeine Pause brauchen
- Collocationeine Pause machen
- Collocationin der Pause entspannen
- Sentence patternNach der Pause arbeite ich weiter.
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Near-synonymUnterbrechung
A Pause is usually a planned or pleasant Unterbrechung; a Unterbrechung can also be unplanned or disruptive.
- Broader termZeitraum
- Semantically relatedErholung — rest and recovery
A Erholung serves regeneration, whereas a Pause primarily denotes the interruption of an activity.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
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