"Material" meaning in German

See Material in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /mat(e)ˈri̯aːl/, [ma.te.ʁiˈaːl], [-tə-], [ma.tʁiˈaːl], [ma.tɐˈjaːl], [-tər-] Audio: De-Material.ogg , De-at-Material.ogg
Rhymes: -aːl Etymology: From Latin māteriālis. Etymology templates: {{ety|de|:der|la:māteriālis}}, {{der|de|la|māteriālis}} Latin māteriālis Head templates: {{de-noun|n,,ien}} Material n (strong, genitive Materials, plural Materialien) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n,,ien}} Forms: Materials [genitive], Materialien [plural], strong [table-tags], Material [nominative, singular], Materialien [definite, nominative, plural], Materials [genitive, singular], Materialien [definite, genitive, plural], Material [dative, singular], Materialien [dative, definite, plural], Material [accusative, singular], Materialien [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. material (matter) Tags: neuter, strong Synonyms: Stoff Derived forms: materialmäßig Related terms: Materialeigenschaft, Materialermüdung, Materialklasse, Materialmangel, Materialschlacht, Materialverbrauch

Inflected forms

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        },
        {
          "word": "Arbeitsmaterial"
        },
        {
          "word": "Ausgangsmaterial"
        },
        {
          "word": "Basismaterial"
        },
        {
          "word": "Baumaterial"
        },
        {
          "word": "Beschichtungsmaterial"
        },
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          "word": "Biomaterial"
        },
        {
          "word": "Brennmaterial"
        },
        {
          "word": "Dichtungsmaterial"
        },
        {
          "word": "Füllmaterial"
        },
        {
          "word": "Grundmaterial"
        },
        {
          "word": "Kernmaterial"
        },
        {
          "word": "Lehrmaterial"
        },
        {
          "word": "Nachweismaterial"
        },
        {
          "word": "Nanomaterial"
        },
        {
          "word": "Rohmaterial"
        },
        {
          "word": "Spülsaummaterial"
        },
        {
          "word": "Trägermaterial"
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        },
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        },
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          "word": "Materialklasse"
        },
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        },
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    },
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      "word": "Beschichtungsmaterial"
    },
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      "word": "Biomaterial"
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    {
      "word": "Brennmaterial"
    },
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      "word": "Dichtungsmaterial"
    },
    {
      "word": "Füllmaterial"
    },
    {
      "word": "Grundmaterial"
    },
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    },
    {
      "word": "Lehrmaterial"
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    {
      "word": "Nachweismaterial"
    },
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      "word": "Nanomaterial"
    },
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      "word": "Rohmaterial"
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      "word": "Spülsaummaterial"
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    {
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    },
    {
      "word": "Materialklasse"
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      "word": "Materialmangel"
    },
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      "word": "Materialschlacht"
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      "word": "Materialverbrauch"
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}

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