Polyglot Dictionary

Variation

/vaʁi̯aˈtsi̯oːn/

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 Variationen

Meaning

  1. variation

    • Die Variation der Melodie war schön.

      The variation of the melody was beautiful.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Schwankung

Close — variation and fluctuation overlap.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

variación

variación is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "variation."

Portuguese

variação

variação is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "variation."

Practice

1 What does Variation mean?

2 Fill the gap: Die ___ der Melodie war schön.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Variation?

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