Polyglot Dictionary

Institution

/ɪnstitʊˈtsi̯oːn/

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 Institutionen

Meaning

  1. institution

    • Die Schule ist eine wichtige Institution.

      The school is an important institution.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

heim

Institution is the general word for an institution; Heim can mean "home" in general, or specifically an institution, like a care home.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

institución

institución is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "institution."

Portuguese

instituição

instituição is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "institution."

Practice

1 What does Institution mean?

2 Fill the gap: Die Schule ist eine wichtige ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Institution?

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