Definition
The season between summer and winter, when the weather gets cooler and leaves fall.
Translations
- English
- autumn
- Français
- automne
- Türkçe
- sonbahar
- Polski
- jesień
- Русский
- осень
- Українська
- осінь
GERMAN DICTIONARY
der Herbst
- A1
- Noun
- Weather & Seasons
autumn
/deːɐ̯ ˈhɛʁpst/
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
- Herbste
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A1
- Morphology
- Simple word
- Topics
- Weather & SeasonsPrimary
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Der Herbst ist hier das Thema.NominativSing.The topic here is “autumn”.
- Der Text nennt den Herbst.AkkusativSing.The text mentions “autumn”.
- Der Text handelt vom Herbst.DativSing.The text is about “autumn”.
- Mehrere Herbste werden hier genannt.NominativPlur.Several examples related to “autumn” are mentioned here.
- Der Text nennt mehrere Herbste.AkkusativPlur.The text mentions several examples related to “autumn”.
- Der Text handelt von mehreren Herbsten.DativPlur.The text is about several examples related to “autumn”.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Herbst/hɛʁpst/
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Article phrase
der Herbst/deːɐ̯ ˈhɛʁpst/
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Plural
Herbste/ˈhɛʁpstə/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Herbst | die Herbste |
| Akkusativ | den Herbst | die Herbste |
| Dativ | dem Herbst | den Herbsten |
| Genitiv | des Herbstes | der Herbste |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Prepositional constructionim Herbstin + Dativ
- Collocationder Herbst beginnt
- Sentence patternIm Herbst fallen die Blätter.
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Broader termJahreszeit — season
- Related termFrühling — spring
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeSimple word