burial / funeral
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burial / funeral
A ceremony in which a deceased person is buried in the ground. It often includes a funeral service and the actual placing of the coffin or urn in the grave.
Die Beerdigung findet am Freitag auf dem städtischen Friedhof statt.
The funeral will take place on Friday at the municipal cemetery.
end / failure
In a figurative sense, the final end or failure of something, such as a hope, plan, or idea.
Mit der Absage des Investors war es die Beerdigung unseres Projekts.
With the investor's rejection, it was the end of our project.
The word is derived from 'Erde' (earth). The prefix 'be-' and the ending '-igung' turn it into an action: bringing someone 'to earth'. So it literally describes the process of burying a person in the ground.
Die Beerdigung war eine sehr emotionale Zeremonie.
The funeral was a very emotional ceremony.
'Die Beerdigung' (the burial / funeral) belongs to the word family of 'die Erde' (the earth). The related verb is 'beerdigen', which means 'begraben' (to bury).
Der Verstorbene wurde im engsten Familienkreis beerdigt.
The deceased was buried in the closest family circle.
To express attendance, different prepositions are used: you go 'zu einer Beerdigung' (to a funeral), but you are 'auf einer Beerdigung' (at a funeral).
Morgen gehe ich zur Beerdigung meines ehemaligen Kollegen.
Tomorrow I'm going to the funeral of my former colleague.
You can recognize the figurative meaning by the fact that it always refers to abstract things like a plan, a hope, or a project, not to a person.
Die Entscheidung des Chefs war die Beerdigung unserer kreativen Ideen.
The boss's decision was the end of our creative ideas.
burial / funeral
Beerdigung is the common term for the ceremony and the burial in the ground. Bestattung sounds more formal and refers more generally to the ceremony and the entire process in which a body or ashes are laid to rest.
Die Familie trifft sich am Freitag zur Beerdigung auf dem Friedhof.
The family is meeting at the cemetery on Friday for the funeral.
Die Friedhofsverwaltung bestätigte die Bestattung der Urne für Freitag.
The cemetery administration confirmed the interment of the urn for Friday.
