Definition
A baked food made mainly from flour and water.
Translations
- English
- bread
- Français
- pain
- Türkçe
- ekmek
- Polski
- chleb
- Русский
- хлеб
- Українська
- хліб
GERMAN DICTIONARY
das Brot
- A1
- Noun
- Food & Drink
bread
/das bʁoːt/
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
- Brote
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A1
- Morphology
- Simple word
- Topics
- Food & DrinkPrimary
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Das Brot ist noch warm.NominativSing.The bread is still warm.
- Zum Frühstück esse ich Brot mit Käse.AkkusativSing.For breakfast I eat bread with cheese.
- Ich gebe dem Brot etwas Zeit zum Abkühlen.DativSing.I give the bread some time to cool down.
- Die Kruste des Brotes ist knusprig.GenitivSing.The crust of the bread is crispy.
- Die Brote kommen gerade aus dem Ofen.NominativPlur.The loaves have just come out of the oven.
- Die Bäckerei verkauft verschiedene Brote.AkkusativPlur.The bakery sells different kinds of bread.
- Bei den Broten gibt es viele verschiedene Sorten.DativPlur.There are many different varieties of bread.
- Die Qualität der Brote hängt von den Zutaten ab.GenitivPlur.The quality of the loaves depends on the ingredients.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Brot/bʁoːt/
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Article phrase
das Brot/das bʁoːt/
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Plural
Brote/ˈbʁoːtə/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | das Brot | die Brote |
| Akkusativ | das Brot | die Brote |
| Dativ | dem Brot | den Broten |
| Genitiv | des Brotes | der Brote |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- CollocationBrot essen
- CollocationBrot schneiden
- Sentence patterneine Scheibe Brot
- Collocationfrisches Brot
- CollocationBrot backen
- CollocationBrot mit Butter
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
„Brot“ is a synchronically simple noun without a productive prefix, suffix, or compounding structure.