Institut

See also: institut and inštitut

German

Etymology

From Latin institutum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪn.stiˈtuːt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -uːt

Noun

Institut n (strong, genitive Institutes or Instituts, plural Institute)

1. institute (independent research institution)
2. department (subdivision of a faculty)

   Synonyms: (may be the next higher level) Fachbereich, (may be the next lower level) Seminar

Declension

Declension of Institut [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Institut	die	Institute
genitive	eines	des	Institutes, Instituts	der	Institute
dative	einem	dem	Institut, Institute1	den	Instituten
accusative	ein	das	Institut	die	Institute

¹Now rare, see notes.

Related terms

• Institution

Further reading

• “Institut” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Institut” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Institut” in Duden online
• Institut on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de