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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