Definition
A man who comes from the Central European country whose capital is Berlin.
Translations
- English
- German man
- Français
- Allemand
- Türkçe
- Alman erkek
- Polski
- Niemiec
- Русский
- немец
- Українська
- німець
GERMAN DICTIONARY
der Deutsche
- B1
- Noun
- Countries & Cultures
- Society & Public Life
German man
/deːɐ̯ ˈdɔʏtʃə/
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
- Deutschen
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- B1
- Morphology
- Conversion
- Topics
- Countries & CulturesPrimarySociety & Public Life
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Der Deutsche arbeitet seit mehreren Jahren in Spanien.NominativSing.The German has been working in Spain for several years.
- Ich traf den Deutschen gestern am Bahnhof.AkkusativSing.I met the German at the station yesterday.
- Ich half dem Deutschen bei der Suche nach seinem Hotel.DativSing.I helped the German look for his hotel.
- Das Schicksal des Deutschen während des Krieges wurde in einem Brief beschrieben.GenitivSing.The German’s fate during the war was described in a letter.
- Die Deutschen feiern heute gemeinsam.NominativPlur.The Germans are celebrating together today.
- Viele Besucher fotografierten die Deutschen auf dem Platz.AkkusativPlur.Many visitors photographed the Germans in the square.
- Die Gastgeber boten den Deutschen regionale Spezialitäten an.DativPlur.The hosts offered the Germans regional specialties.
- Die Meinungen der Deutschen unterscheiden sich deutlich.GenitivPlur.The Germans’ opinions differ considerably.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Deutsche/ˈdɔʏtʃə/
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Article phrase
der Deutsche/deːɐ̯ ˈdɔʏtʃə/
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Plural
Deutschen/ˈdɔʏtʃn̩/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Deutsche | die Deutschen |
| Akkusativ | den Deutschen | die Deutschen |
| Dativ | dem Deutschen | den Deutschen |
| Genitiv | des Deutschen | der Deutschen |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Sentence patternDer Deutsche kommt aus Deutschland.
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Related termÖsterreicher — Austrian man
- Related termSchweizer — Swiss man
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeConversion
- DeutscheOther
„Deutsche“ is a substantivized adjective here; the form follows weak adjective declension after the definite article.