Skip to content
Die schnellste Verbindung dauert nur drei Stunden. The fastest connection takes only three hours.

noun · A2

die Verbindung

[fɛɐ̯ˈbɪndʊŋ]

connection

Learn This Word with Otti

My Note

With an account, you keep your own note to every word: a memory trick, an example of your own, where you heard it. Create an account

Already have an account? Log in.

Other Examples

Grammar

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

Nouns ending in -ung are usually feminine: die Verbindung. 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 Verbindung die Verbindungen
Die schnellste Verbindung dauert nur drei Stunden. The fastest connection takes only three hours.
Accusative wen? was? die Verbindung die Verbindungen
Dative wem? der Verbindung den Verbindungen
Genitive wessen? der Verbindung der Verbindungen

How the Word Is Built

Ver prefix bind 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

verbindenbinden

In Otti's situations: The friends take the train, Otti works from home

Other Dictionaries

The dictionary opens here from its own site, which then sees your IP address. Nothing loads before you choose one.

Learn these words with Otti

A few minutes a day; Otti brings each word back right before you would forget it.