Definition
The eighth month of the calendar year.
Translations
- English
- August
- Français
- août
- Türkçe
- ağustos
- Polski
- sierpień
- Русский
- август
- Українська
- серпень
GERMAN DICTIONARY
der August
- A1
- Noun
- Time & Calendar
August
/deːɐ̯ aʊ̯ˈɡʊst/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- der
- Gender
- Masculine
- Plural
- Auguste
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A1
- Morphology
- Simple word
- Topics
- Time & CalendarPrimary
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Der August ist hier das Thema.NominativSing.The topic here is “August”.
- Der Text nennt den August.AkkusativSing.The text mentions “August”.
- Der Text handelt vom August.DativSing.The text is about “August”.
- Mehrere Auguste werden hier genannt.NominativPlur.Several examples related to “August” are mentioned here.
- Der Text nennt mehrere Auguste.AkkusativPlur.The text mentions several examples related to “August”.
- Der Text handelt von mehreren Augusten.DativPlur.The text is about several examples related to “August”.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
August/aʊ̯ˈɡʊst/
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Article phrase
der August/deːɐ̯ aʊ̯ˈɡʊst/
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Plural
Auguste/aʊ̯ˈɡʊstə/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der August | die Auguste |
| Akkusativ | den August | die Auguste |
| Dativ | dem August | den Augusten |
| Genitiv | des Augusts | der Auguste |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Prepositional constructionim Augustin + Dativ
- Sentence patternDer August hat einunddreißig Tage.
- CollocationEnde August
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Related termJuli — July
- Related termSeptember
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeSimple word