Definition
Strong mental or physical strain caused by pressure, demands, or difficult situations.
Translations
- English
- stress
- Français
- stress
- Türkçe
- stres
- Polski
- stres
- Русский
- стресс
- Українська
- стрес
GERMAN DICTIONARY
der Stress
- A1
- Noun
- Emotions & Personality
- Body & Health
stress
/deːɐ̯ ˈʃtʁɛs/
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
- —
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A1
- Morphology
- Simple word
- Topics
- Emotions & PersonalityPrimaryBody & Health
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Zu viel Stress kann krank machen.NominativSing.Too much stress can make you ill.
- Zu viel Stress ist ungesund.NominativSing.Too much stress is unhealthy.
- Der Stress wird langsam weniger.NominativSing.The stress is gradually decreasing.
- Vor der Prüfung habe ich viel Stress.AkkusativSing.I am under a lot of stress before the exam.
- Vor der Prüfung habe ich Stress.AkkusativSing.I am stressed before the exam.
- Heute möchte ich keinen Stress.AkkusativSing.I do not want any stress today.
- Er leidet unter Stress bei der Arbeit.DativSing.He suffers from stress at work.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Stress/ʃtʁɛs/
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Article phrase
der Stress/deːɐ̯ ˈʃtʁɛs/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Stress | — |
| Akkusativ | den Stress | — |
| Dativ | dem Stress | — |
| Genitiv | des Stresses | — |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- CollocationStress haben
- Collocationviel Stress
- Prepositional constructionunter Stressunter + Dativ
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
No semantic relations have been added for this sense.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeSimple word