Polyglot Dictionary

Reduktion

/ʁedʊkˈtsi̯oːn/

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 Reduktionen

Meaning

  1. reduction

    • Die Reduktion der Kosten ist das Ziel.

      Cost reduction is the goal.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

reduzierung

Reduktion and Reduzierung are close doublets for "reduction," largely interchangeable.

Kürzung

Kürzung is specifically about cutting, like a budget or pay; Reduktion is more general reduction.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

reducción

reducción is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "reduction."

Portuguese

redução

redução is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "reduction."

Practice

1 What does Reduktion mean?

2 Fill the gap: Die ___ der Kosten ist das Ziel.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Reduktion?

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