Vocabulary
die
Generation
/ɡenəʁaˈtsi̯oːn/· noun· Pl. die Generationen
generation
Drei Generationen unter einem Dach — grandparents, parents and children.
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Forms
- Singular
- die Generation
- Plural
- die Generationen
- Genitiv
- der Generation
One word, many lives
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Generation
generation
In unserem Haus wohnen drei Generationen.
Three generations live in our house.
Word family
Generationder Generationenkonfliktgeneration gapdas Mehrgenerationenhausmulti-generation housegenerationsübergreifendintergenerational, across the generations
Common combinations
- die junge Generationthe young generation
- von Generation zu Generationfrom generation to generation
- die ältere Generationthe older generation
Real examples
- Die ältere Generation hat oft andere Werte.The older generation often has different values.
- Das Rezept wird in unserer Familie von Generation zu Generation weitergegeben.The recipe has been passed down in our family from generation to generation.
- Im Haus leben Menschen aus vier Generationen.People from four generations live in the house.
