Text

See also: text

German

Etymology

From Middle High German text, from Latin textus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tɛkst/
  • audio (Austria)(file)
  • Audio(file)

Noun

Text m (genitive Textes or Texts, plural Texte)

  1. text (writing consisting of several sentences and forming a discrete unit)
  2. text (passage of a larger opus, often Scripture, examined and interpreted as a unit)
  3. lyrics, lines (words of a song, film, etc.)

Declension
Declension of Text
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Text die Texte
genitive eines des Textes,
Texts		 der Texte
dative einem dem Text,
Texte1		 den Texten
accusative einen den Text die Texte
1Now uncommon, see notes

Synonyms

Hyponyms
  • (passage): Bibelstelle
  • (lyrics, lines): Filmtext, Liedtext, Songtext, Stücktext

Derived terms
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