Definition
A thin material made from pressed fibres, used among other things for writing, printing, or packaging.
Translations
- English
- paper
- Français
- papier
- Türkçe
- kağıt
- Polski
- papier
- Русский
- бумага
- Українська
- папір
GERMAN DICTIONARY
das Papier
- A1
- Noun
- Education & Learning
paper
/das paˈpiːɐ̯/
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
- Papiere
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A1
- Morphology
- Simple word
- Topics
- Education & LearningPrimary
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Das Papier ist hier das Thema.NominativSing.The topic here is “paper”.
- Der Text nennt das Papier.AkkusativSing.The text mentions “paper”.
- Der Text handelt vom Papier.DativSing.The text is about “paper”.
- Mehrere Papiere werden hier genannt.NominativPlur.Several examples related to “paper” are mentioned here.
- Der Text nennt mehrere Papiere.AkkusativPlur.The text mentions several examples related to “paper”.
- Der Text handelt von mehreren Papieren.DativPlur.The text is about several examples related to “paper”.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Papier/paˈpiːɐ̯/
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Article phrase
das Papier/das paˈpiːɐ̯/
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Plural
Papiere/paˈpiːʁə/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | das Papier | die Papiere |
| Akkusativ | das Papier | die Papiere |
| Dativ | dem Papier | den Papieren |
| Genitiv | des Papiers | der Papiere |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationauf Papier schreiben
- Collocationein Blatt Papier
- Prepositional constructionaus Papieraus + Dativ
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Semantically relatedDokument
- Semantically relatedBuch
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeSimple word