Definition
People considered as a group.
Translations
- English
- people
- Français
- gens
- Türkçe
- insanlar
- Polski
- ludzie
- Русский
- люди
- Українська
- люди
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Leute
- A1
- Noun
- People & Family
people
/ˈlɔɪ̯tə/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- die
- Gender
- —
- Plural
- Leute
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A1
- Morphology
- Simple word
- Topics
- People & FamilyPrimary
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Viele Leute warten vor dem Kino.NominativPlur.Many people are waiting in front of the cinema.
- Die Leute auf dem Platz sind freundlich.NominativPlur.The people in the square are friendly.
- Die Leute kommen aus verschiedenen Ländern.NominativPlur.The people come from different countries.
- Ich sehe viele Leute im Park.AkkusativPlur.I see many people in the park.
- Wir fragen die Leute nach dem Weg.AkkusativPlur.We ask the people for directions.
- Mit diesen Leuten arbeite ich jeden Tag.DativPlur.I work with these people every day.
- Die Meinungen der Leute sind unterschiedlich.GenitivPlur.People’s opinions differ.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Leute/ˈlɔɪ̯tə/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | — | die Leute |
| Akkusativ | — | die Leute |
| Dativ | — | den Leuten |
| Genitiv | — | der Leute |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Sentence patternviele Leute
- Collocationdie Leute fragen
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 typeSimple word