Definition
A frozen sweet food usually made from milk, cream, sugar, or fruit.
Translations
- English
- ice cream
- Français
- glace
- Türkçe
- dondurma
- Polski
- lody
- Русский
- мороженое
- Українська
- морозиво
GERMAN DICTIONARY
das Eis
- A1
- Noun
- Food & Drink
ice cream
/das ˈaɪ̯s/
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
- —
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A1
- Morphology
- Simple word
- Topics
- Food & DrinkPrimary
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Das Eis schmilzt in der Sonne.NominativSing.The ice cream is melting in the sun.
- Im Sommer esse ich gern Eis.AkkusativSing.I like eating ice cream in summer.
- Mit dem Eis kühlt sie ihren Kaffee.DativSing.She cools her coffee with the ice cream.
- Der Geschmack des Eises erinnert an Vanille.GenitivSing.The taste of the ice cream is reminiscent of vanilla.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Eis/aɪ̯s/
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Article phrase
das Eis/das ˈaɪ̯s/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | das Eis | — |
| Akkusativ | das Eis | — |
| Dativ | dem Eis | — |
| Genitiv | des Eises | — |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- CollocationEis essen
- Collocationein Eis bestellen
- CollocationEis mit Sahne
- CollocationEis schmelzen
- CollocationEis kaufen
- Sentence patternDas Eis tropft in der Sonne.
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Near-synonymSpeiseeis
Speiseeis designates Eis as a food; Eis can also mean frozen water or an ice surface.
- Broader termSüßspeise
Eis is a type of Süßspeise; Süßspeise also includes cakes, pudding, and other sweet foods.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeSimple word
„Eis“ is synchronically simple in contemporary German and is not productively formed from recognizable German components.