noun#6,704 by frequency
die Instanz
instance; legal authority; authority, entity
- genitive
- der Instanz
- plural
- die Instanzen
- built from
- Ins + Tanz
Meanings
- 1
instance — specific occurence or realization
- 2
legal authority
- 3
legal authority; authority, entity — any agency, person or level in a hierarchy considered to have authority over a situation
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dieInstanz | dieInstanzen |
| accusative | dieInstanz | dieInstanzen |
| dative | derInstanz | denInstanzen |
| genitive | derInstanz | derInstanzen |
Forms in lighter type are derived by the standard declension rules from the nominative, genitive and plural.