noun
description
B1
Beschreibung: noun meaning description. Feminine (die Beschreibung). Plural Beschreibungen. Used for verbal or written accounts, explanations or product descriptions. Regular declension with plural -en; genitive der Beschreibung, dative der Beschreibung, plural dative den Beschreibungen. Common collocations: Beschreibung von, Beschreibung als.
Examples
Die Beschreibung des Produkts war sehr detailliert.
The product description was very detailed.
Die Beschreibung des Produkts war sehr detailliert.
The product description was very detailed.
Die Polizei veröffentlichte eine Beschreibung des Verdächtigen, die mehrere Zeugen am Abend gaben, damit die Bevölkerung wachsam blieb.
The police published a description of the suspect that several witnesses gave in the evening so that the public would remain vigilant.
Details
Mnemonics
Picture a label on a product that says 'Beschreibung' with a short paragraph describing it.
Sounds like 'be-SHREI-bung' — think 'a write-up' to remember it's 'description'.
Die Beschreibung — imagine a feminine 'die' tag on a document to remember it's feminine.
Notes
A feminine noun. Plural is Beschreibungen. Common in contexts like product descriptions (Produktbeschreibung) or job descriptions (Stellenbeschreibung).