Polyglot Dictionary

Petition

/petiˈtsi̯oːn/

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 Petitionen

Meaning

  1. petition

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

gesuch

Gesuch is more general, a formal request or application; Petition is more specifically a collective petition.

Similar in other languages

French

pétition

pétition is the French word for the same thing — both mean "petition."

Portuguese

petição

petição is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "petition."

Practice

1 What does Petition mean?

2 Fill the gap: Über tausend Menschen unterschrieben die ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Petition?

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