Polyglot Dictionary

Expansion

/ɛkspanˈzi̯oːn/

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

Forms

plural
die Expansionen

Meaning

  1. expansion

    • Die Firma plant eine Expansion nach Asien.

      The firm is planning an expansion into Asia.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Ausbau

Near-total synonyms for "expansion"; Ausbau is the native German word, used broadly for infrastructure, business, or a house extension; Expansion is the borrowed, more international business term, like a company's market expansion.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

expansión

expansión is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "expansion."

Portuguese

expansão

expansão is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "expansion."

Practice

1 What does Expansion mean?

2 Fill the gap: Die Firma plant eine ___ nach Asien.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Expansion?

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