Definition
The place where two sides, walls, streets, or edges meet.
Translations
- English
- corner
- Français
- coin
- Türkçe
- köşe
- Polski
- róg
- Русский
- угол
- Українська
- кут
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Ecke
- A1
- Noun
- City & Places
- Home & Household
corner
/diː ˈɛkə/
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
- Ecken
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A1
- Morphology
- Simple word
- Topics
- City & PlacesPrimaryHome & Household
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Die Ecke des Tisches ist schmutzig.NominativSing.The corner of the table is dirty.
- Ich streiche die Ecke des Zimmers.AkkusativSing.I am painting the corner of the room.
- Wir nähern uns der Ecke vorsichtig.DativSing.We are cautiously approaching the corner.
- Die Farbe der Ecke ist verblasst.GenitivSing.The color of the corner has faded.
- Die Ecken des Raumes sind hell beleuchtet.NominativPlur.The corners of the room are brightly lit.
- Der Handwerker repariert die Ecken der Fenster.AkkusativPlur.The craftsman repairs the corners of the windows.
- An den Ecken stehen große Blumentöpfe.DativPlur.There are large flowerpots in the corners.
- Die Formen der Ecken wirken ungewöhnlich.GenitivPlur.The shapes of the corners seem unusual.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Ecke/ˈɛkə/
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Article phrase
die Ecke/diː ˈɛkə/
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Plural
Ecken/ˈɛkən/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Ecke | die Ecken |
| Akkusativ | die Ecke | die Ecken |
| Dativ | der Ecke | den Ecken |
| Genitiv | der Ecke | der Ecken |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationum die Ecke gehen
- Collocationan jeder Ecke
- Collocationeine Ecke weiter
- Prepositional constructionan der Eckean + Dativ
- Prepositional constructionum die Eckeum + Akkusativ
- Sentence patternDie Ecke ist scharf.
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Related termKante
A Ecke forms where edges meet; a Kante, by contrast, is a single boundary line.
- Near-synonymWinkel
Ecke and Winkel overlap when referring to shapes, but they do not mean the same thing: A Winkel is the enclosed area or its size.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeSimple word
„Ecke“ is a simple noun in contemporary German without any visible productive derivation or compounding.