Lotte steckt die Bewerbung für ihre Promotion in einen dicken Umschlag. Lotte puts the application for her doctorate into a thick envelope.

noun · C1

die Promotion

[pʁomoˈt͡si̯oːn]

doctorate, PhD

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Other Examples

Nach der Promotion will ich weiter in der Forschung arbeiten, am liebsten über Stadtbäume.

After my doctorate, I want to keep working in research, ideally on urban trees.
Du solltest dir gut überlegen, ob du drei Jahre in eine Promotion investieren willst.

You should think carefully about whether you want to invest three years in a doctorate.
Frau Hilde erzählt, ihr Bruder habe seine Promotion damals neben dem Beruf abgeschlossen.

Frau Hilde says her brother completed his doctorate back then alongside his job.

Grammar

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

Nouns ending in -tion are usually feminine: die Promotion. 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 Promotion	die Promotionen
Accusative wen? was?	die Promotion	die Promotionen	Lotte steckt die Bewerbung für ihre Promotion in einen dicken Umschlag. Lotte puts the application for her doctorate into a thick envelope.
Dative wem?	der Promotion	den Promotionen	Nach der Promotion will ich weiter in der Forschung arbeiten, am liebsten über Stadtbäume. After my doctorate, I want to keep working in research, ideally on urban trees.
Genitive wessen?	der Promotion	der Promotionen

How the Word Is Built

Promot root ion suffix

Word family

promovieren

In Otti's situations: Lotte applies for a doctorate

die Betreuerin die Bewerbung der Doktorand die Doktorandin die Doktorarbeit eine Lücke schließen empirisch erforschen die Erkenntnis das Exposé fördern die Forschung

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