Chance

See also: chance

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃæns/
  • (US, Canada) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɛəns~t͡ʃʰeəns]
  • (Northern England, General Australian, Ireland) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰæns~t͡ʃʰans]
• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɑːns/
  • (Received Pronunciation, Cockney) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɑːns]
  • (New Zealand) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɐːns]

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• Rhymes: -ɑːns, -æns

Proper noun

Chance (countable and uncountable, plural Chances)

1. An unincorporated community in Adair County, Kentucky, United States.
2. A census-designated place in Somerset County, Maryland, United States.
3. A census-designated place in Adair County, Oklahoma, United States.
4. An unincorporated community in Perkins County, South Dakota, United States.
5. An unincorporated community in Essex County, Virginia, United States.
6. A male given name from English, an American pet form of Chauncey, in modern usage also associated with the word chance.
7. A surname.

Anagrams

• Canche

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French chance.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃãːs(ə)/, /ˈʃɔ̃ːs(ə)/, /ˈʃaŋs(ə)/, /ˈʃɔŋs(ə)/, /ˈʃaŋzə/, /ˈʃɔŋzə/ (roughly ordered from standard to substandard, though all are common)

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Noun

Chance f (genitive Chance, plural Chancen)

1. chance
   • 2010, Der Spiegel‎^[1], number 43/2010, page 170:

     Frauen haben bessere Chancen, schwerste Unfälle zu überleben, als Männer.

     Women have better chances to survive the most serious accidents than men.

Declension

Declension of Chance [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Chance	die	Chancen
genitive	einer	der	Chance	der	Chancen
dative	einer	der	Chance	den	Chancen
accusative	eine	die	Chance	die	Chancen

Derived terms

• Chancengleichheit
• chancenlos
• Chancentod

Further reading

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