Definition
An institution of higher education where academic teaching, study, and research take place.
Translations
- English
- university
- Français
- université
- Türkçe
- üniversite
- Polski
- uniwersytet
- Русский
- университет
- Українська
- університет
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Universität
- A1
- Noun
- Education & Learning
- City & Places
university
/diː ˌunivɛʁziˈtɛːt/
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
- Universitäten
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A1
- Morphology
- Simple word
- Topics
- Education & LearningPrimaryCity & Places
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Die Universität hat eine große Bibliothek.NominativSing.The university has a large library.
- Wir besuchen heute die Universität.AkkusativSing.We are visiting the university today.
- Sie studiert an der Universität Köln.DativSing.She studies at the University of Cologne.
- Mein Bruder arbeitet an der Universität.DativSing.My brother works at the university.
- Die Geschichte der Universität ist interessant.GenitivSing.The history of the university is interesting.
- Viele Universitäten bieten Onlinekurse an.NominativPlur.Many universities offer online courses.
- Zwischen den Universitäten gibt es einen Austausch.DativPlur.There is an exchange between the universities.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Universität/ˌunivɛʁziˈtɛːt/
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Article phrase
die Universität/diː ˌunivɛʁziˈtɛːt/
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Plural
Universitäten/ˌunivɛʁziˈtɛːtn̩/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Universität | die Universitäten |
| Akkusativ | die Universität | die Universitäten |
| Dativ | der Universität | den Universitäten |
| Genitiv | der Universität | der Universitäten |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Prepositional constructionan der Universität studierenan + Dativ
- Prepositional constructionan einer Universität arbeitenan + Dativ
- Collocationdie Universität besuchen
- Prepositional constructionzur Universität fahrenzu + Dativ
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Broader termHochschule
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeSimple word
Word family
- Universitätsbibliothek