# das Zentrum

das Zentrum is a German noun meaning “central point”. Forms: des Zentrums, die Zentren.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Zentrums
- Plural: die Zentren

## In other languages

- Русский: центр чего-либо
- Українська: центр

## Noun

1. central point, the middle, e.g. of a circle
2. _with a following genitive_ focus, core, the main point
   - im Zentrum der Aufmerksamkeit — at the center of attention
3. a place (or group of people) that dominates and influences its surroundings, e.g. a capital
4. a place set aside for some function or activity
   - Jugendzentrum — youth center
5. the moderate political parties, the mainstream (see also the proper noun below)
6. the centre of a group, ring, Lie algebra, etc.
7. the spaces d4, d5, e4, e5 on a chessboard
8. centre; center
   - Dort geht es ins Zentrum der Stadt.

## Proper name

1. the Centre Party, a Catholic political party, chiefly in Imperial Germany and the Weimar Republic

## Examples

- Die Sonne ist das Zentrum unseres Sonnensystems. — The sun is the centre of our solar system.
- Er wohnte im Zentrum von London. — He lived in central London.
- Bitte, wie komme ich ins Zentrum? — Please, how can I get to the center?
- Wo liegt das Zentrum des Universums? — Where is the center of the universe?
- Die Mancha ist eine Region im Zentrum Spaniens. — La Mancha is a region in central Spain.

---
Sources: Meanings and forms from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).
URL: https://wordwide.space/de-en/wort/Zentrum