Definition
A controlled pattern of eating intended to improve health or change body weight.
Translations
- English
- diet
- Français
- régime alimentaire
- Türkçe
- diyet
- Polski
- dieta
- Русский
- диета
- Українська
- дієта
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Diät
- B1
- Noun
- Food & Drink
- Body & Health
diet
/diː diˈɛːt/
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
- Diäten
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- B1
- Morphology
- Borrowing
- Topics
- Food & DrinkPrimaryBody & Health
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Eine Diät kann bei bestimmten gesundheitlichen Problemen hilfreich sein.NominativSing.A diet can be helpful for certain health problems.
- Viele Menschen beginnen eine Diät, um ihr Körpergewicht zu verändern.AkkusativSing.Many people start a diet to change their body weight.
- Der Arzt riet seiner Patientin zu einer ausgewogenen Diät.DativSing.The doctor advised his patient to follow a balanced diet.
- Die langfristige Wirkung einer Diät hängt von ihrer Ausgewogenheit ab.GenitivSing.The long-term effect of a diet depends on how balanced it is.
- Diäten können die Gesundheit unterstützen, wenn sie ausgewogen sind.NominativPlur.Diets can support health when they are balanced.
- Manche Menschen brechen strenge Diäten nach kurzer Zeit wieder ab.AkkusativPlur.Some people stop following strict diets after a short time.
- Ernährungsberater stehen ihren Patienten bei verschiedenen Diäten zur Seite.DativPlur.Nutritionists support their patients with various diets.
- Die Vor- und Nachteile verschiedener Diäten sollten sorgfältig abgewogen werden.GenitivPlur.The advantages and disadvantages of different diets should be carefully weighed.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Diät/diˈɛːt/
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Article phrase
die Diät/diː diˈɛːt/
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Plural
Diäten/diˈɛːtən/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Diät | die Diäten |
| Akkusativ | die Diät | die Diäten |
| Dativ | der Diät | den Diäten |
| Genitiv | der Diät | der Diäten |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Adjective combinationeine ausgewogene Diät
- Adjective combinationeine strenge Diät
- Collocationeine Diät einhalten
- Collocationeine Diät abbrechen
- Collocationeine Diät beginnen
- Prepositional constructionmit einer Diät abnehmenmit + Dativ
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Broader termErnährungsweise
A Diät is a special, usually time- or health-motivated form of Ernährungsweise.
- Related termFastenkur
Both refer to special forms of eating, but a Fastenkur usually restricts food intake more severely and for a limited period.
- Easily confused withDiätetik
Diätetik refers to the study of proper nutrition, not to a specific form of eating for regulating weight or health.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeBorrowing
„Diät“ is an established loanword and is not synchronically a productively compounded word in present-day German.
Word family
- Diätetik
- diätetisch