Definition
A unit of the calendar year lasting from 28 to 31 days.
Translations
- English
- month
- Français
- mois
- Türkçe
- ay
- Polski
- miesiąc
- Русский
- месяц
- Українська
- місяць
GERMAN DICTIONARY
der Monat
- A1
- Noun
- Time & Calendar
- Numbers & Measurements
month
/deːɐ̯ ˈmoːnat/
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
- Monate
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A1
- Morphology
- Simple word
- Topics
- Time & CalendarPrimaryNumbers & Measurements
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Der nächste Monat beginnt am Montag.NominativSing.The next month begins on Monday.
- Der Monat endet am Freitag.NominativSing.The month ends on Friday.
- Ich bleibe einen Monat in Berlin.AkkusativSing.I am staying in Berlin for one month.
- Wir planen einen Monat Urlaub.AkkusativSing.We are planning one month of vacation.
- Nach einem Monat war alles fertig.DativSing.After one month, everything was ready.
- Die letzten Monate waren stressig.NominativPlur.The last few months were stressful.
- Ich habe die nächsten Monate schon geplant.AkkusativPlur.I have already planned the next few months.
- In den nächsten Monaten ziehen wir um.DativPlur.We are moving in the next few months.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Monat/ˈmoːnat/
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Article phrase
der Monat/deːɐ̯ ˈmoːnat/
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Plural
Monate/ˈmoːnatə/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Monat | die Monate |
| Akkusativ | den Monat | die Monate |
| Dativ | dem Monat | den Monaten |
| Genitiv | des Monats | der Monate |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationjeden Monat
- Prepositional constructionim nächsten Monatin + Dativ
- Collocationeinen Monat lang
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Semantically relatedDatum — date
A Datum can consist of a day, Monat, and year; the Monat is merely the larger unit of time into which a specific Datum is placed.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeSimple word