Kongruenz

agreement, grammatical concord

noun kon-groo-ENTS Rare

Origin: from Latin congruentia (agreement)

Also means

congruence (geometry)

Usage Note

Kongruenz in grammar means agreement between sentence elements in features like number, gender, and person. Subject-verb Kongruenz requires ich gehe, not ich geht.

Examples

"Die Kongruenz zwischen Subjekt und Verb ist im Deutschen obligatorisch."

Natural Translation

Agreement between subject and verb is obligatory in German.

Literal Translation

The agreement between subject and verb is in German obligatory.

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