Erziehung

German

Etymology

erziehen +‎ -ung

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛɐ̯ˈtsiːʊŋ/

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Noun

Erziehung f (genitive Erziehung, no plural)

1. education; upbringing; character formation (process of imparting basic knowledge, judgment, morals, and manners, especially to a child)
2. training (of a pet)

Declension

Declension of Erziehung [sg-only, feminine]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Erziehung
genitive	einer	der	Erziehung
dative	einer	der	Erziehung
accusative	eine	die	Erziehung

See also

• Bildung (“education in the sense of “learning, studying””)

Further reading

• “Erziehung” in Duden online
• “Erziehung” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache