der Absatz
/ˈapzat͡s/
verbal noun of absetzen; selling, sales, the process of marketing and selling goods; paragraph; landing, place on stairs where there is an interruption
- genitive
- des Absatzes
- plural
- die Absätze
Meanings
- 1
verbal noun of absetzen (“to sell”); selling, sales, the process of marketing and selling goods
Maria liebt Schuhe mit hohen Absätzen.
Mary loves shoes with high heels.
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Trägst du oft hohe Absätze?
Do you often wear high heels?
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- 2
verbal noun of absetzen (“to interrupt, put down, sit down”); paragraph (passage in text)
Der dritte Absatz sollte besser weggenommen werden.
It'd be better if the third paragraph were removed.
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- 3
verbal noun of absetzen (“to interrupt, put down, sit down”); landing, place on stairs where there is an interruption
- 4
verbal noun of absetzen (“to interrupt, put down, sit down”); a similar interruption in the slope of a hill or mountainrare
- 5
verbal noun of absetzen (“to interrupt, put down, sit down”); heel (raised part at the back of some shoes)rare
- 6
verbal noun of absetzen (“to interrupt, put down, sit down”); sedimentrare
- 7
verbal noun of absetzen (“to sell”); sales volume, turnover (quantity that has been sold on the market)rare
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | derAbsatz | dieAbsätze |
| accusative | denAbsatz | dieAbsätze |
| dative | demAbsatz | denAbsätzen |
| genitive | desAbsatzes | derAbsätze |
Forms in lighter type are derived by the standard declension rules from the nominative, genitive and plural.