"Referat" meaning in German

See Referat in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ʁefeˈʁaːt/, /ʁefəˈraːt/, /ʁɛfɛˈʁaːt/ [especially, informal], /ʁɛfəˈraːt/ [especially, informal] Audio: De-Referat.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Etymology: From Latin referat (“may he tell!”), third-person singular present subjunctive of referō. Etymology templates: {{ety|de|:bor|la:referō}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "referō", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "German", "term" : "Referat", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "de" }" data-lang="de" data-title="Referat">, {{bor|de|la|referat|t=may he tell!}} Latin referat (“may he tell!”) Head templates: {{de-noun|n,(e)s}} Referat n (strong, genitive Referates or Referats, plural Referate) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n,(e)s}} Forms: Referates [genitive], Referats [genitive], Referate [plural], strong [table-tags], Referat [nominative, singular], Referate [definite, nominative, plural], Referates [genitive, singular], Referats [genitive, singular], Referate [definite, genitive, plural], Referat [dative, singular], Referate [dative, singular], Referaten [dative, definite, plural], Referat [accusative, singular], Referate [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. oral report, presentation (brief verbal or slideshow-supported introduction to a topic, especially at conferences and as a graded exercise in education) Tags: neuter, strong Synonyms: Vortrag, Präsentation
    Sense id: en-Referat-de-noun-s8v4SIpV Categories (other): Administrative divisions Disambiguation of Administrative divisions: 41 22 37
  2. report, abstract (brief summarizing evaluation of a work) Tags: neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Referat-de-noun-pKLyu-3w Categories (other): Administrative divisions Disambiguation of Administrative divisions: 41 22 37
  3. a certain organizational subunit in public administration bodies Tags: neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Referat-de-noun-lg4m1QXL Categories (other): German entries with etymon, German entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon, Administrative divisions Disambiguation of German entries with etymon: 7 22 70 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 17 25 58 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 10 27 63 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 25 70 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 25 70 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 9 25 66 Disambiguation of Administrative divisions: 41 22 37
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Referatsleiter Related terms: Referent, Dezernat

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Referatsleiter"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "lang_code": "af",
          "word": "referaat"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "lang_code": "id",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "referat"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "referaat"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Kashubian",
          "lang_code": "csb",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "referat"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "referat"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": ":bor",
        "3": "la:referō"
      },
      "expansion": "[Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"referō\", \"status\" : \"missing\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"German\", \"term\" : \"Referat\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"de\" }\" data-lang=\"de\" data-title=\"Referat\">",
      "name": "ety"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "referat",
        "t": "may he tell!"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin referat (“may he tell!”)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin referat (“may he tell!”), third-person singular present subjunctive of referō.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Referates",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Referats",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Referate",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Referat",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Referate",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Referates",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Referats",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Referate",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Referat",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Referate",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Referaten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Referat",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Referate",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n,(e)s"
      },
      "expansion": "Referat n (strong, genitive Referates or Referats, plural Referate)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n,(e)s"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Referent"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Dezernat"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "41 22 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Administrative divisions",
          "orig": "de:Administrative divisions",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "oral report, presentation (brief verbal or slideshow-supported introduction to a topic, especially at conferences and as a graded exercise in education)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Referat-de-noun-s8v4SIpV",
      "links": [
        [
          "oral",
          "oral"
        ],
        [
          "report",
          "report"
        ],
        [
          "presentation",
          "presentation"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Vortrag"
        },
        {
          "word": "Präsentation"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "41 22 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Administrative divisions",
          "orig": "de:Administrative divisions",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "report, abstract (brief summarizing evaluation of a work)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Referat-de-noun-pKLyu-3w",
      "links": [
        [
          "report",
          "report"
        ],
        [
          "abstract",
          "abstract"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "7 22 70",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 25 58",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 27 63",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using etymon with no ID",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 25 70",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 25 70",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 25 66",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "41 22 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Administrative divisions",
          "orig": "de:Administrative divisions",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a certain organizational subunit in public administration bodies"
      ],
      "id": "en-Referat-de-noun-lg4m1QXL",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʁefeˈʁaːt/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʁefəˈraːt/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʁɛfɛˈʁaːt/",
      "tags": [
        "especially",
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʁɛfəˈraːt/",
      "tags": [
        "especially",
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Referat.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d5/De-Referat.ogg/De-Referat.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/De-Referat.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Germany",
        "Berlin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Referat"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "German entries with etymon",
    "German entries with incorrect language header",
    "German lemmas",
    "German neuter nouns",
    "German nouns",
    "German terms borrowed from Latin",
    "German terms derived from Latin",
    "German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "German terms derived from Proto-Italic",
    "German terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰer-",
    "Pages using etymon with no ID",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Pages with etymon",
    "de:Administrative divisions"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Referatsleiter"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "lang_code": "af",
          "word": "referaat"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "lang_code": "id",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "referat"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "referaat"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Kashubian",
          "lang_code": "csb",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "referat"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "referat"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": ":bor",
        "3": "la:referō"
      },
      "expansion": "[Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"referō\", \"status\" : \"missing\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"German\", \"term\" : \"Referat\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"de\" }\" data-lang=\"de\" data-title=\"Referat\">",
      "name": "ety"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "referat",
        "t": "may he tell!"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin referat (“may he tell!”)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin referat (“may he tell!”), third-person singular present subjunctive of referō.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Referates",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Referats",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Referate",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Referat",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Referate",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Referates",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Referats",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Referate",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Referat",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Referate",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Referaten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Referat",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Referate",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n,(e)s"
      },
      "expansion": "Referat n (strong, genitive Referates or Referats, plural Referate)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n,(e)s"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Referent"
    },
    {
      "word": "Dezernat"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "oral report, presentation (brief verbal or slideshow-supported introduction to a topic, especially at conferences and as a graded exercise in education)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "oral",
          "oral"
        ],
        [
          "report",
          "report"
        ],
        [
          "presentation",
          "presentation"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Vortrag"
        },
        {
          "word": "Präsentation"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "report, abstract (brief summarizing evaluation of a work)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "report",
          "report"
        ],
        [
          "abstract",
          "abstract"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a certain organizational subunit in public administration bodies"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʁefeˈʁaːt/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʁefəˈraːt/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʁɛfɛˈʁaːt/",
      "tags": [
        "especially",
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʁɛfəˈraːt/",
      "tags": [
        "especially",
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Referat.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d5/De-Referat.ogg/De-Referat.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/De-Referat.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Germany",
        "Berlin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Referat"
}

Download raw JSONL data for Referat meaning in German (4.2kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable German dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-07-16 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-07-06 using wiktextract (e62056b and e7887d5). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.