Lotte liest in der Bibliothek ein dickes Buch über Geldanlage. In the library, Lotte is reading a thick book about investing.

noun · B2

die Geldanlage

[ˈɡɛltʔanˌlaːɡə]

investment

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Synonyms: die Investition

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Other Examples

Eine sichere Geldanlage bringt heute kaum Zinsen.

A safe investment hardly earns any interest these days.
Welche Geldanlage empfiehlst du einem Anfänger?

Which investment would you recommend to a beginner?
Für uns ist eine Geldanlage nur sinnvoll, wenn wir ruhig schlafen können.

For us, an investment only makes sense if we can sleep soundly.

Grammar

Plural: die Geldanlagen In the plural the article is always "die".

Declension

The noun in the four cases, with the definite article.

Case	Singular	Plural	Example
Nominative wer? was?	die Geldanlage	die Geldanlagen	Welche Geldanlage empfiehlst du einem Anfänger? Which investment would you recommend to a beginner?
Accusative wen? was?	die Geldanlage	die Geldanlagen
Dative wem?	der Geldanlage	den Geldanlagen
Genitive wessen?	der Geldanlage	der Geldanlagen

How the Word Is Built

Geld root an prefix lage root

an-: to, at, the start of something: ankommen (to arrive), anrufen (to call). Separable: Ich rufe dich an.

A compound: Geldan + die Lage

The last word gives the article. More rules

Word family

das Geld anlegendie Anlagelegen

In Otti's situations: Frida saves for later

die Aktie die Altersvorsorge anlegen auf die hohe Kante legen das Budget die Ersparnis der Fonds das Geld die Inflation die Rendite die Rente die Rücklage

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