Bekanntgabe

/bəˈkantˌɡaːbə/

die noun C1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: academic. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
die Bekanntgaben

Meaning

  1. announcement

    Built from bekannt (known) + Gabe (gift).

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Made of

  • bekannt known
  • Gabe gift

Similar words

Ankündigung

Ankündigung is announcing something in advance, like a future event; Bekanntgabe is announcing or making public a result or decision, often a one-time reveal like announcing winners.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

comunicado

comunicado is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "announcement."

Practice

1 What does Bekanntgabe mean?

2 Fill the gap: Die ___ der Ergebnisse ist am Freitag.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Bekanntgabe?

nouncompound

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