Definition
The crops gathered from fields during one growing season.
Translations
- English
- harvest
- Français
- récolte
- Türkçe
- hasat
- Polski
- zbiory
- Русский
- урожай
- Українська
- урожай
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Ernte
- B1
- Noun
- Nature & Environment
- Food & Drink
harvest
/diː ˈɛʁntə/
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
- Ernten
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- B1
- Topics
- Nature & EnvironmentPrimaryFood & Drink
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Die Ernte fiel in diesem Jahr besonders gut aus.NominativSing.The harvest was particularly good this year.
- Die Bauern feierten eine reiche Ernte.AkkusativSing.The farmers celebrated a rich harvest.
- Nach der Ernte beginnen die Vorbereitungen für die nächste Aussaat.DativSing.After the harvest, preparations for the next sowing begin.
- Der Beginn der Ernte verzögerte sich wegen des Regens.GenitivSing.The start of the harvest was delayed because of the rain.
- Die Ernten in den verschiedenen Regionen unterscheiden sich deutlich.NominativPlur.The harvests in the different regions differ significantly.
- Die Landwirte vergleichen die Ernten des vergangenen Jahres.AkkusativPlur.The farmers compare the harvests of the past year.
- Nach mehreren Ernten konnten die Böden sich erholen.DativPlur.After several harvests, the soils were able to recover.
- Die Qualität der Ernten hängt stark vom Wetter ab.GenitivPlur.The quality of the harvests depends heavily on the weather.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Ernte/ˈɛʁntə/
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Article phrase
die Ernte/diː ˈɛʁntə/
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Plural
Ernten/ˈɛʁntn̩/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Ernte | die Ernten |
| Akkusativ | die Ernte | die Ernten |
| Dativ | der Ernte | den Ernten |
| Genitiv | der Ernte | der Ernten |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Adjective combinationeine reiche Ernte
- Collocationeine gute Ernte einfahren
- Collocationeine Ernte einfahren
- Prepositional constructionnach der Erntenach + Dativ
- Sentence patternDie Ernte fällt gut aus.
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Near-synonymErtrag
A Ernte refers to the agricultural produce collected; Ertrag primarily refers to the quantity or output achieved.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
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