Materie

See also: materie

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin māteria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈteːʁiə/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

Noun

Materie f (genitive Materie, plural Materien)

1. (physics) matter
2. (chiefly singular with a definite article) subject matter, the practical realities and collected knowledge regarding the topic at hand

   sich in die Materie einarbeiten ― to familiarize oneself with the subject matter

3. (philosophy) matter, material (as opposed to the form, or the immaterial)

Declension

Declension of Materie [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Materie	die	Materien
genitive	einer	der	Materie	der	Materien
dative	einer	der	Materie	den	Materien
accusative	eine	die	Materie	die	Materien

Derived terms

• Antimaterie

Related terms

• immateriell
• materialisieren
• Materialismus
• materiell

Further reading

• “Materie” in Duden online
• “Materie”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)