Polyglot Dictionary

Intervention

/ɪntɛʁvɛnˈtsi̯oːn/

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 Interventionen

Meaning

  1. intervention

    • Die Intervention der Polizei war nötig.

      The police intervention was necessary.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

eingriff

Eingriff can mean "intervention" or, more specifically, a medical "operation"; Intervention specifically means "intervention."

Similar in other languages

Spanish

intervención

intervención is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "intervention."

Portuguese

intervenção

intervenção is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "intervention."

Practice

1 What does Intervention mean?

2 Fill the gap: Die ___ der Polizei war nötig.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Intervention?

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