Antwort

German

Etymology

From Middle High German antwürte, from Old High German antwurti, from Proto-Germanic *andawurdiją. The gender change from neuter to feminine is due to semantic association with Frage (“question”). See also antworten. Cognate to Dutch antwoord and Afrikaans antwoord.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈantvɔʁt/
Audio (file)
Audio (file)
Audio (Austria) (file)

Noun

Antwort f (genitive Antwort, plural Antworten)

answer
Antonym: Frage f

Declension

Declension of Antwort [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Antwort	die	Antworten
genitive	einer	der	Antwort	der	Antworten
dative	einer	der	Antwort	den	Antworten
accusative	eine	die	Antwort	die	Antworten

Derived terms

Antworttendenz
Antwortsatz (“response sentence”)
keine Antwort ist auch eine Antwort

Further reading

“Antwort” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Antwort” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
“Antwort” in Duden online

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.