Definition
A long curved fruit with yellow skin and soft flesh.
Translations
- English
- banana
- Français
- banane
- Türkçe
- muz
- Polski
- banan
- Русский
- банан
- Українська
- банан
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Banane
- A1
- Noun
- Food & Drink
banana
/diː baˈnaːnə/
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
- Bananen
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A1
- Morphology
- Simple word
- Topics
- Food & DrinkPrimary
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Die Banane ist gelb.NominativSing.The banana is yellow.
- Ich nehme eine Banane mit.AkkusativSing.I take a banana with me.
- Das Kind isst die Banane in der Pause.AkkusativSing.The child eats the banana during the break.
- Die Schale der Banane ist schon braun.GenitivSing.The peel of the banana is already brown.
- Die Bananen liegen in einer Schale.NominativPlur.The bananas are in a bowl.
- Ich kaufe drei Bananen für die Kinder.AkkusativPlur.I buy three bananas for the children.
- Mit den Bananen machen wir einen Smoothie.DativPlur.We make a smoothie with the bananas.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Banane/baˈnaːnə/
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Article phrase
die Banane/diː baˈnaːnə/
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Plural
Bananen/baˈnaːnən/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Banane | die Bananen |
| Akkusativ | die Banane | die Bananen |
| Dativ | der Banane | den Bananen |
| Genitiv | der Banane | der Bananen |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationeine Banane essen
- Collocationeine Banane kaufen
- Collocationeine Banane mitnehmen
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
No semantic relations have been added for this sense.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeSimple word