Ressource
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See also: ressource
German
Etymology
Borrowed from French ressource, since the 18th century.[1]
Pronunciation
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Noun
Ressource f (genitive Ressource, plural Ressourcen)
- resource
- Synonyms: Einsatzmittel, Hilfsmittel, Hilfsquelle, Erwerbsquelle, Rohstoffquelle
- 2010, Der Spiegel, number 30/2010, page 92:
- Gerade erst hat Peking strenge Ausfuhrquoten für Seltene Erden erlassen – in der Hochtechnologie unentbehrliche Ressourcen, ohne die Hybridfahrzeuge, Hochleistungsmagnete und Festplattenlaufwerke nicht funktionieren.
- Just recently Beijing has issued strict export quotas for rare earths – indispensable resources in high technology, without which hybrid vehicles, high-performance magnets and disk drives do not function.
Declension
Declension of Ressource
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | eine | die | Ressource | die | Ressourcen |
| genitive | einer | der | Ressource | der | Ressourcen |
| dative | einer | der | Ressource | den | Ressourcen |
| accusative | eine | die | Ressource | die | Ressourcen |
References
- ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “Ressource”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN