Polyglot Dictionary

Vertretung

/fɛɐ̯ˈtʁeːtʊŋ/

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 Vertretungen

Meaning

  1. substitute; representation

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Ersatz

Ersatz is a replacement or substitute object; Vertretung is a substitute person, standing in for someone (also means "representation").

Similar in other languages

Spanish

sustitución

Close — a substitute relates to a replacement.

Practice

1 What does Vertretung mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ich mache die ___ für meine Kollegin.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Vertretung?

noun

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