Text

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German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German text, from Latin textus.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /tɛkst/
  • audio (Austria)(file)
  • Audio(file)

Noun[edit]

Text m (strong, genitive Textes or Texts, plural Texte)

  1. text (writing consisting of several sentences and forming a discrete unit)
  2. text (passage of a larger opus, often Scripture, examined and interpreted as a unit)
    Synonyms: Stelle, Textstelle
  3. lyrics, lines (words of a song, film, etc.)

Declension[edit]

Declension of Text [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Text die Texte
genitive eines des Textes, Texts der Texte
dative einem dem Text, Texte1 den Texten
accusative einen den Text die Texte

1Now rare, see notes.

Hyponyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • “Text” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Text” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Text” in Duden online
  • Text on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de

Hunsrik[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

Text m (plural Texte)

  1. text

Further reading[edit]

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