Tatbestand

German

Etymology

Tat +‎ Bestand

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtaːtbəˌʃtant/
Hyphenation: Tat‧be‧stand

Noun

Tatbestand m (genitive Tatbestands or Tatbestandes, plural Tatbestände)

the factual elements realizing the concept under which subsumption takes place

Declension

Declension of Tatbestand

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Tatbestand	die	Tatbestände
genitive	eines	des	Tatbestandes, Tatbestands	der	Tatbestände
dative	einem	dem	Tatbestand, Tatbestande¹	den	Tatbeständen
accusative	einen	den	Tatbestand	die	Tatbestände

¹Now uncommon, see notes

Further reading

Tatbestand in Duden online
“Tatbestand” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Tatbestand” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

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