Definition
A piece of music with words that are sung.
Translations
- English
- song
- Français
- chanson
- Türkçe
- şarkı
- Polski
- piosenka
- Русский
- песня
- Українська
- пісня
GERMAN DICTIONARY
das Lied
- A1
- Noun
- Leisure & Hobbies
- Countries & Cultures
song
/das ˈliːt/
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
- Lieder
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A1
- Morphology
- Simple word
- Topics
- Leisure & HobbiesPrimaryCountries & Cultures
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Das Lied ist hier das Thema.NominativSing.The topic here is “song”.
- Der Text nennt das Lied.AkkusativSing.The text mentions “song”.
- Der Text handelt vom Lied.DativSing.The text is about “song”.
- Mehrere Lieder werden hier genannt.NominativPlur.Several examples related to “song” are mentioned here.
- Der Text nennt mehrere Lieder.AkkusativPlur.The text mentions several examples related to “song”.
- Der Text handelt von mehreren Liedern.DativPlur.The text is about several examples related to “song”.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Lied/liːt/
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Article phrase
das Lied/das ˈliːt/
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Plural
Lieder/ˈliːdɐ/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | das Lied | die Lieder |
| Akkusativ | das Lied | die Lieder |
| Dativ | dem Lied | den Liedern |
| Genitiv | des Liedes | der Lieder |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationein Lied singen
- Collocationein Lied hören
- Sentence patternein bekanntes Lied
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Broader termMusikstück
- Semantically relatedMusik
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeSimple word