relevant
Important, essential, or significant in a particular context.
EXAMPLE
Bitte nennen Sie nur die für den Fall relevanten Fakten.
Please name only the facts relevant to the case.
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Meanings
Usage tips
Use with 'für'
The adjective 'relevant' is almost always used with the preposition 'für' and the accusative. This construction indicates the context in which something is important or significant.
EXAMPLE
Diese Information ist für unsere Entscheidung sehr relevant.
This information is very relevant to our decision.
Word family
'Relevant' belongs to the word family of 'die Relevanz' (relevance). If you know the meaning of one word, you can easily understand the other. 'Die Relevanz' is the noun for 'die Wichtigkeit' (importance) in a particular context.
EXAMPLE
Die Relevanz dieser Entdeckung für die Medizin ist enorm.
The relevance of this discovery for medicine is enormous.
Typical collocations
'Relevant' is often combined with nouns that describe information, data, or abstract concepts. Typical collocations are 'relevante Informationen' (relevant information), 'relevante Faktoren' (relevant factors), or 'relevante Aspekte' (relevant aspects).
EXAMPLE
Für die Bewerbung müssen Sie alle relevanten Dokumente einreichen.
For the application, you must submit all relevant documents.
Compare with
relevant vs wichtig
important
Information is relevant when it matters to a question or decision in a particular context. Wichtig emphasizes more strongly that the information carries particular weight. Information can therefore be relevant without being the most important item among all the relevant information.
relevant
Die Reparaturkosten sind für unsere Kaufentscheidung relevant und gehören deshalb in den Vergleich.
The repair costs are relevant to our purchasing decision and therefore belong in the comparison.
wichtig
Die hohen Reparaturkosten sind für unsere Kaufentscheidung wichtig, weil unser Budget knapp ist.
The high repair costs are important to our purchasing decision because our budget is tight.
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