Noun
das Plagiat
Pronunciation: /plaˈɡi̯aːt/
plagiarism (a copying of someone's ideas, text or other creative work and claiming it as one's own)
C2
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plural Plagiate
Meanings
Noun
- plagiarism (a copying of someone's ideas, text or other creative work and claiming it as one's own)
Example sentence
Die Universität prüft den Verdacht auf ein Plagiat.
The university is investigating the suspicion of plagiarism.
Word forms
singular
das Plagiat
plural
die Plagiate
The four cases
Singular
Nominativedas Plagiat
Accusativedas Plagiat
Dativedem Plagiat
Genitivedes Plagiats
Plural
Nominativedie Plagiate
Accusativedie Plagiate
Dativeden Plagiaten
Genitiveder Plagiate
Usage
- ein Plagiat aufdecken — to expose plagiarism; the copied work can be called ein Plagiat
- Plagiat / Zitat — unacknowledged copying claimed as one's own / an acknowledged quotation; different uses of another's work
Die Prüferin erkannte das Plagiat an mehreren wörtlich übernommenen Absätzen.
The examiner recognized the plagiarism from several paragraphs copied word for word.