Definition
The course or orientation in which someone or something moves or points.
Translations
- English
- direction
- Français
- direction
- Türkçe
- yön
- Polski
- kierunek
- Русский
- направление
- Українська
- напрямок
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Richtung
- A1
- Noun
- City & Places
direction
/diː ˈʁɪçtʊŋ/
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
- Richtungen
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A1
- Topics
- City & PlacesPrimary
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Die Richtung des Windes änderte sich plötzlich.NominativSing.The direction of the wind suddenly changed.
- Wir änderten die Richtung des Weges.AkkusativSing.We changed the direction of the path.
- In der Richtung zum Bahnhof liegt der Park.DativSing.The park is in the direction of the train station.
- Die genaue Richtung des Weges war nicht zu erkennen.GenitivSing.The exact direction of the path could not be discerned.
- Die Richtungen auf dem Stadtplan sind klar markiert.NominativPlur.The directions on the city map are clearly marked.
- Die Wanderer verglichen mehrere Richtungen.AkkusativPlur.The hikers compared several directions.
- Wir folgten den Richtungen auf den Schildern.DativPlur.We followed the directions on the signs.
- Die Pfeile der Richtungen zeigen nach Norden.GenitivPlur.The arrows indicating the directions point north.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Richtung/ˈʁɪçtʊŋ/
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Article phrase
die Richtung/diː ˈʁɪçtʊŋ/
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Plural
Richtungen/ˈʁɪçtʊŋən/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Richtung | die Richtungen |
| Akkusativ | die Richtung | die Richtungen |
| Dativ | der Richtung | den Richtungen |
| Genitiv | der Richtung | der Richtungen |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Adjective combinationdie richtige Richtung
- Collocationin Richtung Norden
- Collocationdie Richtung ändern
- Verb constructioneiner Richtung folgen + Dativ
- Prepositional constructionin die Richtungin + Akkusativ
- Sentence patternDie Richtung stimmt.
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Near-synonymOrientierung
Richtung refers to the course in which something points or moves; Orientierung more strongly describes the ability or process of finding one's way.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Word family
- richten
- Ausrichtung
- Richtungswechsel