Noun
die Adoption
adoption (voluntary acceptance of a child of other parents to be the same as one's own child)
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plural Adoptionen
Meanings
Noun
- adoption (voluntary acceptance of a child of other parents to be the same as one's own child)
Example sentence
Er ist zur Adoption freigegeben worden.
He was put up for adoption.
Word forms
singular
die Adoption
plural
die Adoptionen
The four cases
Singular
Nominativedie Adoption
Accusativedie Adoption
Dativeder Adoption
Genitiveder Adoption
Plural
Nominativedie Adoptionen
Accusativedie Adoptionen
Dativeden Adoptionen
Genitiveder Adoptionen
Usage
- ein Kind zur Adoption freigeben — place a child for adoption; zur combines zu + der
- Adoption / adoptieren — adoption / adopt; the related verb has no ge- in its participle
Das Bilderbuch erzählt die Geschichte einer Adoption.
The picture book tells the story of an adoption.