Definition
A usually orange, elongated root vegetable.
Translations
- English
- carrot
- Français
- carotte
- Türkçe
- havuç
- Polski
- marchew
- Русский
- морковь
- Українська
- морква
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Karotte
- A1
- Noun
- Food & Drink
carrot
/diː kaˈʁɔtə/
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
- Karotten
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A1
- Topics
- Food & DrinkPrimary
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Die Karotte ist orange.NominativSing.The carrot is orange.
- Das Kaninchen frisst eine Karotte.AkkusativSing.The rabbit is eating a carrot.
- Ich gebe der Karotte etwas Wasser.DativSing.I give the carrot some water.
- Die Farbe der Karotte ist kräftig orange.GenitivSing.The carrot is a vivid orange color.
- Die Karotten liegen im Kühlschrank.NominativPlur.The carrots are in the refrigerator.
- Die Kinder essen gern Karotten.AkkusativPlur.The children like eating carrots.
- Wir kochen eine Suppe mit Karotten.DativPlur.We are making a soup with carrots.
- Der Geschmack der Karotten ist süßlich.GenitivPlur.The carrots taste slightly sweet.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Karotte/kaˈʁɔtə/
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Article phrase
die Karotte/diː kaˈʁɔtə/
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Plural
Karotten/kaˈʁɔtən/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Karotte | die Karotten |
| Akkusativ | die Karotte | die Karotten |
| Dativ | der Karotte | den Karotten |
| Genitiv | der Karotte | der Karotten |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationeine Karotte schneiden
- Collocationgeriebene Karotte
- Sentence patternDie Karotte wächst unter der Erde.
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Near-synonymMöhre
Möhre refers to the same vegetable and is a frequently used alternative designation regionally or stylistically.
- Broader termWurzelgemüse
A Karotte is a specific type of Wurzelgemüse; the hypernym is therefore broader in scope.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Word family
- Karottenkuchen
- Karottensaft