Definition
A regular payment received after a person has stopped working because of age.
Translations
- English
- retirement pension
- Français
- pension de retraite
- Türkçe
- emekli maaşı
- Polski
- emerytura
- Русский
- пенсия
- Українська
- пенсія
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Rente
- B1
- Noun
- Shopping & Money
- Society & Public Life
retirement pension
/diː ˈʁɛntə/
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
- Renten
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- B1
- Topics
- Shopping & MoneyPrimarySociety & Public Life
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Die Rente sichert vielen Menschen im Alter ein würdiges Leben.NominativSing.The pension ensures a dignified life for many people in old age.
- Viele Menschen erhalten die Rente jeden Monat.AkkusativSing.Many people receive their pension every month.
- Mit der Rente kann sie ihre laufenden Kosten bezahlen.DativSing.With her pension, she can pay her ongoing expenses.
- Die Höhe der Rente hängt von den Beitragsjahren ab.GenitivSing.The amount of the pension depends on the years of contributions.
- Renten werden regelmäßig an die Berechtigten überwiesen.NominativPlur.Pensions are regularly transferred to those entitled to receive them.
- Die Versicherung zahlt die Renten pünktlich aus.AkkusativPlur.The insurance provider pays out the pensions on time.
- Viele Renten werden an ehemalige Beschäftigte ausgezahlt.DativPlur.Many pensions are paid out to former employees.
- Die Anpassung der Renten wird jedes Jahr geprüft.GenitivPlur.The adjustment of pensions is reviewed every year.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Rente/ˈʁɛntə/
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Article phrase
die Rente/diː ˈʁɛntə/
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Plural
Renten/ˈʁɛntn̩/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Rente | die Renten |
| Akkusativ | die Rente | die Renten |
| Dativ | der Rente | den Renten |
| Genitiv | der Rente | der Renten |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationeine Rente beziehen
- Collocationeine gesetzliche Rente erhalten
- Verb constructionRente beziehen + Akkusativ
- Sentence patternDie Rente wird monatlich überwiesen.
- Adjective combinationeine ausreichende Rente
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Related termPension
Rente is usually received by people with statutory insurance, while Pension is mainly received by civil servants and other state employees.
- Semantically relatedAltersvorsorge
Altersvorsorge refers to preparing for financial security in old age, while Rente can be a specific regular payment.
- Broader termEinkommen — income
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.