Definition
A single flat, thin piece of paper.
Translations
- English
- sheet of paper
- Français
- feuille de papier
- Türkçe
- kâğıt
- Polski
- kartka
- Русский
- лист бумаги
- Українська
- аркуш паперу
GERMAN DICTIONARY
das Blatt
- A2
- Noun
- Education & Learning
- Nature & Environment
sheet of paper
/das blat/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- das
- Gender
- Neuter
- Plural
- Blätter
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A2
- Morphology
- Simple word
- Topics
- Education & LearningPrimaryNature & Environment
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Nimm bitte ein neues Blatt Papier.NominativSing.Please take a new sheet of paper.
- Schreib deinen Namen auf dieses Blatt.AkkusativSing.Write your name on this sheet.
- Auf dem Blatt steht eine wichtige Notiz.DativSing.There is an important note on the sheet.
- Die Farbe des Blattes ist hellblau.GenitivSing.The sheet is light blue.
- Die Blätter liegen auf dem Tisch.NominativPlur.The sheets are lying on the table.
- Die Kinder sammeln bunte Blätter.AkkusativPlur.The children collect colourful leaves.
- Die Schüler arbeiten mit den Blättern.DativPlur.The students work with the sheets.
- Die Ränder der Blätter sind unterschiedlich.GenitivPlur.The edges of the sheets are different.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Blatt/blat/
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Article phrase
das Blatt/das blat/
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Plural
Blätter/ˈblɛtɐ/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | das Blatt | die Blätter |
| Akkusativ | das Blatt | die Blätter |
| Dativ | dem Blatt | den Blättern |
| Genitiv | des Blattes | der Blätter |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationein Blatt Papier
- Collocationein Blatt falten
- Collocationein Blatt ausfüllen
- Collocationein Blatt abreißen
- Adjective combinationein leeres Blatt
- Prepositional constructionauf einem Blattauf + Dativ
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Narrower termPapierstück
A Blatt is a single, flat Papierstück and thus a concrete form of paper.
- Easily confused withSeite — page
Blatt and Seite can both be parts of a document; however, a Blatt can contain several pages.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeSimple word
„Blatt“ is a simple noun without any productive compound or derivation recognizable today.
Word family
- Blättchen
- Blattwerk
- Blattlaus