Definition
A shop where bread, rolls, and other baked goods are made or sold.
Translations
- English
- bakery
- Français
- boulangerie
- Türkçe
- fırın
- Polski
- piekarnia
- Русский
- пекарня
- Українська
- пекарня
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Bäckerei
- A1
- Noun
- Food & Drink
- Shopping & Money
- City & Places
bakery
/diː ˈbɛkəʁaɪ̯/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- die
- Gender
- Feminine
- Plural
- Bäckereien
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A1
- Morphology
- Derived word
- Topics
- Food & DrinkPrimaryShopping & MoneyCity & Places
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Die Bäckerei öffnet schon um sechs Uhr.NominativSing.The bakery opens as early as six o’clock.
- Ich besuche die Bäckerei am Samstag.AkkusativSing.I visit the bakery on Saturday.
- Ich kaufe in der Bäckerei frische Brötchen.DativSing.I buy fresh bread rolls at the bakery.
- Die Tür der Bäckerei ist morgens geöffnet.GenitivSing.The bakery’s door is open in the morning.
- Die Bäckereien backen täglich frisches Brot.NominativPlur.The bakeries bake fresh bread every day.
- Viele Menschen besuchen die Bäckereien am Wochenende.AkkusativPlur.Many people visit the bakeries at the weekend.
- In den Bäckereien werden den Cafés frische Brötchen geliefert.DativPlur.Fresh bread rolls are delivered to the cafés from the bakeries.
- Die Schaufenster der Bäckereien sind hell beleuchtet.GenitivPlur.The bakery windows are brightly lit.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Bäckerei/ˈbɛkəʁaɪ̯/
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Article phrase
die Bäckerei/diː ˈbɛkəʁaɪ̯/
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Plural
Bäckereien/bɛkəˈʁaɪ̯ən/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Bäckerei | die Bäckereien |
| Akkusativ | die Bäckerei | die Bäckereien |
| Dativ | der Bäckerei | den Bäckereien |
| Genitiv | der Bäckerei | der Bäckereien |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Adjective combinationeine traditionelle Bäckerei
- Collocationeine Bäckerei eröffnen
- Collocationin der Bäckerei einkaufen
- Verb constructioneine Bäckerei betreiben + Akkusativ
- Sentence patternDie Bäckerei duftet nach frischem Brot.
- Sentence patternDie Bäckerei verkauft noch warme Brötchen.
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Broader termGeschäft — shop
A Bäckerei is a specialized Geschäft for baked goods.
- Related termMetzgerei
Bäckerei and Metzgerei are different specialized shops for different foods.
- Related termKonditorei
A Konditorei is a related specialized shop that mainly offers confectionery and fine baked goods.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeDerived word
- BäckerOther
- -eiSuffix
„Bäckerei“ is a derivative of „Bäcker“ with the suffix „-ei“ and denotes the corresponding specialized shop.
Word family
- Bäcker
- bäckerisch