Definition
The season between winter and summer, when the weather gets warmer and many plants grow.
Translations
- English
- spring
- Français
- printemps
- Türkçe
- ilkbahar
- Polski
- wiosna
- Русский
- весна
- Українська
- весна
GERMAN DICTIONARY
der Frühling
- A1
- Noun
- Weather & Seasons
spring
/deːɐ̯ ˈfʁyːlɪŋ/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- der
- Gender
- Masculine
- Plural
- Frühlinge
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A1
- Morphology
- Derived word
- Topics
- Weather & SeasonsPrimary
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Der Frühling ist hier das Thema.NominativSing.The topic here is “spring”.
- Der Text nennt den Frühling.AkkusativSing.The text mentions “spring”.
- Der Text handelt vom Frühling.DativSing.The text is about “spring”.
- Mehrere Frühlinge werden hier genannt.NominativPlur.Several examples related to “spring” are mentioned here.
- Der Text nennt mehrere Frühlinge.AkkusativPlur.The text mentions several examples related to “spring”.
- Der Text handelt von mehreren Frühlingen.DativPlur.The text is about several examples related to “spring”.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Frühling/ˈfʁyːlɪŋ/
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Article phrase
der Frühling/deːɐ̯ ˈfʁyːlɪŋ/
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Plural
Frühlinge/ˈfʁyːlɪŋə/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Frühling | die Frühlinge |
| Akkusativ | den Frühling | die Frühlinge |
| Dativ | dem Frühling | den Frühlingen |
| Genitiv | des Frühlings | der Frühlinge |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Prepositional constructionim Frühlingin + Dativ
- Collocationder Frühling beginnt
- Sentence patternIm Frühling wird es wärmer.
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Broader termJahreszeit — season
- Related termHerbst — autumn
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeDerived word
- frühDerivational base
- lingSuffix