Polyglot Dictionary

Verhinderung

/fɛɐ̯ˈhɪndəʁʊŋ/

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 Verhinderungen

Meaning

  1. prevention

    • Die Verhinderung von Unfällen ist wichtig.

      The prevention of accidents is important.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Prävention

Prävention is more formal and institutional, like crime or health prevention; Verhinderung is more general and literal, simply preventing something from happening.

Similar in other languages

French

prévention

prévention is the French word for the same thing — both mean "prevention."

Portuguese

prevenção

prevenção is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "prevention."

Practice

1 What does Verhinderung mean?

2 Fill the gap: Die ___ von Unfällen ist wichtig.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Verhinderung?

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