Werkstatt
German
Alternative forms
- Werkstätte (rare, archaic)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvɛrkˌʃtat/, [ˈvɛʁk-], [ˈvɛɐ̯k-], [ʋ-]
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Noun
Werkstatt f (genitive Werkstatt, plural Werkstätten or Werkstätte)
- workshop (room where things are manufactured)
- 1788, “Olla Potrida. Erstes Stük.”, in Weversche Buchhandlung, Berlin, page 143:
- Die Werkstätte sind in geringer Anzahl, und die Arbeiter nur einen Theil des Jahres beschäftigt.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Usage notes
- The normal plural is Werkstätten, which is suppleted from the rarer singular Werkstätte. This latter form is now archaic (as both a singular and a plural).
Declension
Declension of Werkstatt [feminine]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | eine | die | Werkstatt | die | Werkstätten, Werkstätte |
| genitive | einer | der | Werkstatt | der | Werkstätten, Werkstätte |
| dative | einer | der | Werkstatt | den | Werkstätten |
| accusative | eine | die | Werkstatt | die | Werkstätten, Werkstätte |
Descendants
- → Polish: warsztat
Further reading
- “Werkstatt” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Werkstatt” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Werkstatt” in Duden online
Werkstatt on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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