Polyglot Dictionary

Entwicklung

/ɛntˈvɪklʊŋ/

die noun B1

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Entwicklungen

Meaning

  1. development

    From entwickeln (to develop).

    • Die technische Entwicklung geht schnell voran.

      Technical development is progressing quickly.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

weiterentwicklung

Entwicklung means "development" in general; Weiterentwicklung specifically means further development — improving or advancing something that already exists.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

desarrollo

desarrollo is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "development."

Portuguese

desenvolvimento

desenvolvimento is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "development."

Practice

1 What does Entwicklung mean?

2 Fill the gap: Die technische ___ geht schnell voran.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Entwicklung?

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