Definition
An official document certifying an achievement, a right, or a legal fact.
Translations
- English
- certificate
- Français
- acte officiel
- Türkçe
- resmî belge
- Polski
- dokument urzędowy
- Русский
- официальный документ
- Українська
- офіційний документ
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Urkunde
- B1
- Noun
- Society & Public Life
- Education & Learning
certificate
/diː ˈʊʁkʊndə/
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
- Urkunden
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- B1
- Topics
- Society & Public LifePrimaryEducation & Learning
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Nach der Prüfung erhielt sie eine Urkunde.NominativSing.After the examination, she received a certificate.
- Die Behörde prüfte die Urkunde sorgfältig.AkkusativSing.The authority carefully examined the certificate.
- Die Expertin vertraute der Urkunde nicht sofort.DativSing.The expert did not immediately trust the certificate.
- Der Inhalt der Urkunde war eindeutig.GenitivSing.The content of the certificate was unambiguous.
- Die Urkunden lagen im Archiv.NominativPlur.The certificates were in the archive.
- Das Gericht verglich die Urkunden miteinander.AkkusativPlur.The court compared the certificates with one another.
- Die Sachverständigen vertrauten den Urkunden nicht blind.DativPlur.The experts did not blindly trust the certificates.
- Die Echtheit der Urkunden wurde bestätigt.GenitivPlur.The authenticity of the certificates was confirmed.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Urkunde/ˈʊʁkʊndə/
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Article phrase
die Urkunde/diː ˈʊʁkʊndə/
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Plural
Urkunden/ˈʊʁkʊndn̩/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Urkunde | die Urkunden |
| Akkusativ | die Urkunde | die Urkunden |
| Dativ | der Urkunde | den Urkunden |
| Genitiv | der Urkunde | der Urkunden |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationeine Urkunde ausstellen
- Collocationeine Urkunde beglaubigen
- Collocationdie Echtheit einer Urkunde prüfen
- Adjective combinationeine amtliche Urkunde
- Adjective combinationeine historische Urkunde
- Verb constructioneine Urkunde vorlegen + Akkusativ
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Related termBescheinigung — certificate
- Narrower termDiplom — diploma
- Related termZeugnis — certificate
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Word family
- Urkundenfälschung
- Urkundsbeamter