Definition
A handwritten name or personal mark used to confirm a document.
Translations
- English
- signature
- Français
- signature
- Türkçe
- imza
- Polski
- podpis
- Русский
- подпись
- Українська
- підпис
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Unterschrift
- A1
- Noun
- Personal Information
signature
/diː ˈʊntɐˌʃʁɪft/
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
- Unterschriften
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A1
- Morphology
- Derived word
- Topics
- Personal InformationPrimary
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Auf dem Formular fehlt noch Ihre Unterschrift.NominativSing.Your signature is still missing on the form.
- Bitte setzen Sie hier Ihre Unterschrift.AkkusativSing.Please put your signature here.
- Mit seiner Unterschrift bestätigt er den Vertrag.DativSing.With his signature, he confirms the contract.
- Die Unterschriften sind gut lesbar.NominativPlur.The signatures are clearly legible.
- Das Formular braucht zwei Unterschriften.AkkusativPlur.The form requires two signatures.
- Unter den Unterschriften steht das Datum.DativPlur.The date is written below the signatures.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Unterschrift/ˈʊntɐˌʃʁɪft/
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Article phrase
die Unterschrift/diː ˈʊntɐˌʃʁɪft/
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Plural
Unterschriften/ˈʊntɐˌʃʁɪftən/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Unterschrift | die Unterschriften |
| Akkusativ | die Unterschrift | die Unterschriften |
| Dativ | der Unterschrift | den Unterschriften |
| Genitiv | der Unterschrift | der Unterschriften |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationeine Unterschrift leisten
- Collocationeine Unterschrift fälschen
- Prepositional constructionum eine Unterschrift bittenum + Akkusativ
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Near-synonymSignatur
- Semantically relatedVertrag — contract
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeDerived word
- UnterschriftDerivational base