Vocabulary
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Wortlaut
/ˈvɔʁtˌlaʊ̯t/· noun· Pl. die Wortlaute
exact wording, text
What a careful journalist checks before quoting: not the gist, the exact words.
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Forms
- Singular
- der Wortlaut
- Plural
- die Wortlaute
- Genitiv
- des Wortlauts / des Wortlautes
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Tap a meaning. Real German isn't a dictionary translation.
Wortlaut
exact wording, full text
Hier ist die Erklärung im Wortlaut.
Here is the statement in full.
Word family
Wortlautwörtlichliteral, word for worddas Wortwordlautento read, to go (of a text)
Common combinations
- im Wortlautverbatim, in full
- der genaue Wortlautthe exact wording
- nach dem Wortlaut des Vertragsaccording to the wording of the contract
Real examples
- Wie lautete die Frage im Wortlaut?What was the exact wording of the question?
- Wir dokumentieren die Stellungnahme im Wortlaut.We are publishing the statement in full.
- Der genaue Wortlaut ist entscheidend, wenn man jemanden zitiert.The exact wording is crucial when you quote someone.
