Vokabahn

Konfession

Vokabahn
Words
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Noun

die Konfession

denomination

C2 rank #13,704 plural Konfessionen

Meanings

Noun
  1. denomination

Example sentence

Im Formular musst du deine Konfession nicht angeben.

You do not have to state your denomination on the form.

Word forms

singular die Konfession
plural die Konfessionen

The four cases

Singular

Nominativedie Konfession
Accusativedie Konfession
Dativeder Konfession
Genitiveder Konfession

Plural

Nominativedie Konfessionen
Accusativedie Konfessionen
Dativeden Konfessionen
Genitiveder Konfessionen

Usage

  • verschiedene christliche Konfessionen — Different Christian denominations.
  • Konfession / Geständnis — A religious denomination versus a confession of wrongdoing; an English false-friend distinction.
Extra sentence

Das Lexikon beschreibt mehrere christliche Konfessionen.

The encyclopedia describes several Christian denominations.