# die Forschung und Entwicklung

die Forschung und Entwicklung is a German noun meaning “research and development”. Forms: der Forschung und Entwicklung, die Forschung und Entwicklungen.

## Forms

- Genitive: der Forschung und Entwicklung
- Plural: die Forschung und Entwicklungen

## Meanings

1. research and development, R&D (creative and systematic work undertaken to increase the stock of knowledge, including knowledge of humanity, culture, and society, and to devise new applications of available knowledge)
   - Die Ausgaben für Forschung und Entwicklung sind im letzten Jahr deutlich gestiegen. — Spending on research and development increased significantly last year.
2. research and development department, R&D division (an organizational unit within a company or government agency dedicated to research and development activities)
   - Er arbeitet seit fünf Jahren in der Abteilung für Forschung und Entwicklung. — He has been working in the Research and Development department for five years.

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