der Betrieb
/bəˈtʁiːp/
operating or running a technical device, application or process, in other words planful activity under the exploitation of tools, connections and/or manpower with an inherent direction towards an economic result, industry, operation, verbal noun of betreiben
- genitive
- des Betriebes
- plural
- die Betriebe
Meanings
- 1
operating or running a technical device, application or process, in other words planful activity under the exploitation of tools, connections and/or manpower with an inherent direction towards an economic result, industry, operation, verbal noun of betreiben
So hielt er mit Erfolg den Betrieb am laufen.
This is how he has succeeded in running the factory.
Tatoeba · Dejo · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tut mir leid, aber dieses Telefon ist außer Betrieb.
I am sorry, but this telephone is out of order.
Tatoeba · Zaghawa · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
the organizational unit of a company wherewith the entrepreneur pursues a work-technical purpose thus, worksrare
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | derBetrieb | dieBetriebe |
| accusative | denBetrieb | dieBetriebe |
| dative | demBetrieb | denBetrieben |
| genitive | desBetriebes | derBetriebe |
Forms in lighter type are derived by the standard declension rules from the nominative, genitive and plural.