Noun
die Jury
Pronunciation: /ˈʒyːʁi/
panel of judges, jury in a competition
B2
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plural Jurys
Meanings
Noun
- panel of judges, jury in a competition
- panel of jurors, jury in a trial (nonexistent in Germany, rare in other German-speaking countries)
Example sentence
Der Anwalt appellierte an den Gerechtigkeitssinn der Jury.
The lawyer appealed to the jury's sense of justice.
Word forms
singular
die Jury
plural
die Jurys
The four cases
Singular
Nominativedie Jury
Accusativedie Jury
Dativeder Jury
Genitiveder Jury
Plural
Nominativedie Jurys
Accusativedie Jurys
Dativeden Jurys
Genitiveder Jurys
Usage
- eine Jury bei einem Wettbewerb — A panel of judges in a competition.
- die Jury entscheidet — Jury is grammatically singular, even when it contains several people.
Die Jury vergibt den Preis an eine junge Autorin.
The panel of judges awards the prize to a young author.