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Otti hängt eine Berliner Postkarte neben das Foto seiner Familie: Beides gehört zu seiner Identität. Otti hangs a Berlin postcard next to the photo of his family: both are part of his identity.

noun · B2

die Identität

[iˌdɛntiˈtɛːt]

identity

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Other Examples

  • Wir sprechen zwei Sprachen, und beide prägen unsere Identität.

    We speak two languages, and both shape our identity.

  • Hat sich deine Identität verändert, seit du in Berlin lebst?

    Has your identity changed since you've been living in Berlin?

  • Für Emil ist Mitte ein Teil seiner Identität, er würde nie wegziehen.

    For Emil, Mitte is part of his identity; he would never move away.

Grammar

Plural
die Identitäten In the plural the article is always "die".

Nouns ending in -tät are usually feminine: die Identität. Der, Die or Das? The Rules

Declension

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

Case Singular Plural Example
Nominative wer? was? die Identität die Identitäten
Accusative wen? was? die Identität die Identitäten
Dative wem? der Identität den Identitäten
Otti hängt eine Berliner Postkarte neben das Foto seiner Familie: Beides gehört zu seiner Identität. Otti hangs a Berlin postcard next to the photo of his family: both are part of his identity.
Genitive wessen? der Identität der Identitäten

How the Word Is Built

Ident root ität suffix

Word family

identischidentifizieren

In Otti's situations: Otti feels at home in Berlin, Bruno and food culture

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