Frida hat jetzt die Verantwortung für fünf Bäcker. Frida is now responsible for five bakers.

noun · B1

die Verantwortung

[fɛɐ̯ˈʔantvɔʁtʊŋ]

responsibility

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Other Examples

Möchtest du mehr Verantwortung tragen?

Would you like to take on more responsibility?
Für unseren Hund tragen wir alle gemeinsam die Verantwortung.

We all share the responsibility for our dog.
Ich habe keine Angst vor Verantwortung.

I'm not afraid of responsibility.

The tinted words form a set phrase: Angst haben

Phrases With This Word

Verantwortung übernehmen to take responsibility

Declension

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

Case	Singular	Example
Nominative wer? was?	die Verantwortung
Accusative wen? was?	die Verantwortung
Dative wem?	der Verantwortung
Genitive wessen?	der Verantwortung

How the Word Is Built

Ver prefix antwort root ung suffix

ver-: often a change, a loss or "away": vermieten (to rent out), verlieren (to lose), sich verlaufen (to get lost).
-ung: a noun from a verb, always feminine: wohnen → die Wohnung (flat), rechnen → die Rechnung (bill).

Word family

verantwortlichverantwortendie Antwort antworten

In Otti's situations: Frida gets a promotion, Otti and artificial intelligence, Lotte at a philosophy evening

die Abwägung der Algorithmus die Anwendung äußern automatisieren befördern die Beförderung der Chatbot die Chefin der Computer das Dilemma durchdenken

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