Definition
A set of connected rooms in a building in which someone lives.
Translations
- English
- apartment
- Français
- appartement
- Türkçe
- daire
- Polski
- mieszkanie
- Русский
- квартира
- Українська
- квартира
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Wohnung
- A1
- Noun
- Home & Household
apartment
/diː ˈvoːnʊŋ/
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
- Wohnungen
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A1
- Morphology
- Derived word
- Topics
- Home & HouseholdPrimary
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Unsere Wohnung hat drei Zimmer.NominativSing.Our apartment has three rooms.
- Die Wohnung liegt nahe am Bahnhof.NominativSing.The apartment is near the station.
- Wir suchen eine neue Wohnung.AkkusativSing.We are looking for a new apartment.
- In der Wohnung ist es ruhig.DativSing.It is quiet in the apartment.
- Die Wohnungen sind sehr hell.NominativPlur.The apartments are very bright.
- Wir besichtigen zwei Wohnungen.AkkusativPlur.We are viewing two apartments.
- In den Wohnungen gibt es Balkone.DativPlur.There are balconies in the apartments.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Wohnung/ˈvoːnʊŋ/
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Article phrase
die Wohnung/diː ˈvoːnʊŋ/
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Plural
Wohnungen/ˈvoːnʊŋən/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Wohnung | die Wohnungen |
| Akkusativ | die Wohnung | die Wohnungen |
| Dativ | der Wohnung | den Wohnungen |
| Genitiv | der Wohnung | der Wohnungen |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationeine Wohnung mieten
- Collocationeine Wohnung suchen
- Prepositional constructionin einer Wohnung wohnenin + Dativ
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Semantically relatedUnterkunft — accommodation
- Near-synonymApartment — apartment
Apartment usually refers to a smaller, often compact Wohnung; Wohnung is the more general and neutral term.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeDerived word
- wohn-Derivational base
- -ungSuffix