Wortschatz
German
Etymology
Wort (“word”) + Schatz (“treasure”) Cognate with English word-stock, Afrikaans woordeskat and Dutch woordenschat
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvɔʁtˌʃat͡s/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Wort‧schatz
Noun
Wortschatz m (genitive Wortschatzes, plural Wortschätze)
- vocabulary
- (linguistics) lexicon (vocabulary of a language; vocabulary used by an individual)
Declension
Declension of Wortschatz
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der | Wortschatz | die | Wortschätze |
| genitive | eines | des | Wortschatzes | der | Wortschätze |
| dative | einem | dem | Wortschatz, Wortschatze1 |
den | Wortschätzen |
| accusative | einen | den | Wortschatz | die | Wortschätze |
1Now uncommon, see notes
Synonyms
- (lexicon): Lexikon
Further reading
- Wortschatz in Duden online
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