Definition
A formal assessment of knowledge, skills, or performance.
Translations
- English
- examination
- Français
- examen
- Türkçe
- sınav
- Polski
- egzamin
- Русский
- экзамен
- Українська
- іспит
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Prüfung
- A1
- Noun
- Education & Learning
- Services & Everyday Tasks
examination
/diː ˈpʁyːfʊŋ/
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
- Prüfungen
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A1
- Morphology
- Derived word
- Topics
- Education & LearningPrimaryServices & Everyday Tasks
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Die Prüfung ist hier das Thema.NominativSing.The topic here is “examination”.
- Der Text nennt die Prüfung.AkkusativSing.The text mentions “examination”.
- Der Text handelt von der Prüfung.DativSing.The text is about “examination”.
- Mehrere Prüfungen werden hier genannt.NominativPlur.Several examples related to “examination” are mentioned here.
- Der Text nennt mehrere Prüfungen.AkkusativPlur.The text mentions several examples related to “examination”.
- Der Text handelt von mehreren Prüfungen.DativPlur.The text is about several examples related to “examination”.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Prüfung/ˈpʁyːfʊŋ/
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Article phrase
die Prüfung/diː ˈpʁyːfʊŋ/
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Plural
Prüfungen/ˈpʁyːfʊŋən/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Prüfung | die Prüfungen |
| Akkusativ | die Prüfung | die Prüfungen |
| Dativ | der Prüfung | den Prüfungen |
| Genitiv | der Prüfung | der Prüfungen |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationeine Prüfung machen
- Collocationdie Prüfung bestehen
- Prepositional constructionfür die Prüfung lernenfür + Akkusativ
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeDerived word
- PrüfDerivational base
- ungSuffix