Garantie

noun
guarantee, warranty
B1

Garantie (die, Plural: Garantien) means a guarantee or warranty: a formal assurance that a product or service meets conditions. Used as a legal or commercial term. Noun with regular plural 'Garantien'. No reflexivity or auxiliary. Remember feminine gender for agreement (die Garantie, eine Garantie).

Examples

Die Firma bot eine zweijährige Garantie an, damit die Kundin Sicherheit hatte, obwohl das Gerät gebraucht gekauft worden war.
The company offered a two-year warranty so that the customer would have reassurance, although the device had been bought second-hand.
Das Gerät hat eine Garantie von zwei Jahren.
The device has a two-year warranty.
Die Garantie deckt Schäden innerhalb eines Jahres ab.
The guarantee covers damage within one year.

Details

PluralGarantien

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
nominativedie Garantiedie Garantien
genitiveder Garantieder Garantien
dativeder Garantieden Garantien
accusativedie Garantiedie Garantien

Mnemonics

👁️Imagine a red stamp on a product that says 'Garantie' like a promise sticker
👂Sounds like English 'guarantee' — very similar pronunciation and meaning
⚧️DIE Garantie — words ending in -ie are often feminine; remember 'die Idee', 'die Garantie'

Notes

In everyday German 'Garantie' and 'Gewährleistung' are different legal concepts; 'Garantie' is often a voluntary promise by the manufacturer.

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