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reception desk
The reception area in a hotel, company, or doctor's office where visitors and customers are received.
Bitte melden Sie sich bei Ihrer Ankunft an der Rezeption.
Please check in at the reception desk when you arrive.
'Die Rezeption' (the reception desk/reception) is not a social reception or a party after a wedding. The English word 'reception' in this sense is translated into German as 'der Empfang' (reception).
Nach der Trauung findet ein Empfang im Garten statt.
After the wedding ceremony, a reception will take place in the garden.
The noun 'Rezeption' is related to the verb 'rezipieren' (to receive, take in). This helps you understand the abstract meaning of the reception of art or ideas.
Es ist interessant, wie unterschiedliche Kulturen dieselbe Geschichte rezipieren.
It is interesting how different cultures receive the same story.
You can recognize the concrete meaning 'Empfangsbereich' (reception area) from prepositions of place such as 'an der Rezeption' (at the reception desk). The abstract meaning 'Aufnahme' (reception) is often made clear by a genitive object such as 'die Rezeption des Films' (the reception of the film).
Den Schlüssel können Sie an der Rezeption abholen.
You can pick up the key at the reception desk.
When you mean the reception area as a place, use the preposition 'an' with the dative: 'an der Rezeption' (at the reception desk).
Ich warte auf dich an der Rezeption des Hotels.
I'll wait for you at the hotel's reception desk.
The meaning 'Aufnahme eines Werkes' (reception of a work) is mainly used in academic, journalistic, or cultural contexts, for example in literary or art criticism.
In ihrem Seminar analysiert sie die Rezeption von Goethes Werken im 20. Jahrhundert.
In her seminar, she analyzes the reception of Goethe's works in the 20th century.
recording / admission / uptake
'Die Aufnahme' and 'die Rezeption' can both mean that something is received or taken in. 'Aufnahme' is the general word and fits with nutrients, fluid, information, or stimuli. 'Rezeption' is more specific: in science, it can refer to sensory stimuli; in culture and media, it refers to how a text, film, or work of art is understood and evaluated. Learners may confuse the words because 'Rezeption' can sometimes sound like 'Aufnahme'. In everyday language, 'Aufnahme' is usually more natural; 'Rezeption' sounds more technical or belongs to specific topics.
Im Seminar sprechen wir über die Rezeption des Films in der Presse.
In the seminar, we are talking about the film's reception in the press.
Die Aufnahme neuer Informationen fällt mir morgens leichter.
I find it easier to take in new information in the morning.