Definition
A vehicle with two wheels that is moved by pedals.
Also: bike
Translations
- English
- bicycle
- Français
- vélo
- Türkçe
- bisiklet
- Polski
- rower
- Русский
- велосипед
- Українська
- велосипед
GERMAN DICTIONARY
das Fahrrad
- A1
- Noun
- Travel & Transport
- Sport & Fitness
bicycle
/das ˈfaːɐ̯ˌʁaːt/
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
- Fahrräder
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A1
- Morphology
- Compound
- Topics
- Travel & TransportPrimarySport & Fitness
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Das Fahrrad steht vor dem Haus.NominativSing.The bicycle is in front of the house.
- Ich repariere das Fahrrad am Wochenende.AkkusativSing.I repair the bicycle on the weekend.
- Ich fahre jeden Tag mit dem Fahrrad.DativSing.I ride my bike every day.
- Der Reifen des Fahrrads ist kaputt.GenitivSing.The tire of the bicycle is broken.
- Die Fahrräder stehen vor dem Bahnhof.NominativPlur.The bicycles are in front of the train station.
- Wir mieten zwei Fahrräder für den Ausflug.AkkusativPlur.We rent two bicycles for the trip.
- Mit den Fahrrädern fahren wir zum See.DativPlur.We ride to the lake on the bicycles.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Fahrrad/ˈfaːɐ̯ˌʁaːt/
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Article phrase
das Fahrrad/das ˈfaːɐ̯ˌʁaːt/
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Plural
Fahrräder/ˈfaːɐ̯ˌʁɛːdɐ/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | das Fahrrad | die Fahrräder |
| Akkusativ | das Fahrrad | die Fahrräder |
| Dativ | dem Fahrrad | den Fahrrädern |
| Genitiv | des Fahrrads | der Fahrräder |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Prepositional constructionmit dem Fahrrad fahrenmit + Dativ
- Collocationdas Fahrrad reparieren
- CollocationFahrrad fahren
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
No semantic relations have been added for this sense.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeCompound
- FahrModifier
- RadHead