Verantwortung
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German
Etymology
ver- + Antwort (“answer”) + -ung.
Pronunciation
Noun
Verantwortung f (genitive Verantwortung, plural Verantwortungen)
- responsibility
- Diese Verantwortung kann dir niemand abnehmen.
- Nobody can take this responsibility away from you.
Declension
Declension of Verantwortung
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | eine | die | Verantwortung | die | Verantwortungen |
| genitive | einer | der | Verantwortung | der | Verantwortungen |
| dative | einer | der | Verantwortung | den | Verantwortungen |
| accusative | eine | die | Verantwortung | die | Verantwortungen |
Related terms
Further reading
- “Verantwortung” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Verantwortung” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Verantwortung” in Duden online
Verantwortung on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
