Definition
Small white or brown grains of a cereal plant, eaten cooked as a staple food.
Translations
- English
- rice
- Français
- riz
- Türkçe
- pirinç
- Polski
- ryż
- Русский
- рис
- Українська
- рис
GERMAN DICTIONARY
der Reis
- A1
- Noun
- Food & Drink
rice
/deːɐ̯ ʁaɪ̯s/
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
- —
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A1
- Topics
- Food & DrinkPrimary
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Der Reis braucht noch fünf Minuten.NominativSing.The rice needs another five minutes.
- Zum Curry koche ich Reis.AkkusativSing.I cook rice to go with the curry.
- Ich gebe dem Reis etwas Salz hinzu.DativSing.I add some salt to the rice.
- Der Geschmack des Reises passt gut zu Gemüse.GenitivSing.The taste of the rice goes well with vegetables.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Reis/ʁaɪ̯s/
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Article phrase
der Reis/deːɐ̯ ʁaɪ̯s/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Reis | — |
| Akkusativ | den Reis | — |
| Dativ | dem Reis | — |
| Genitiv | des Reises | — |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- CollocationReis kochen
- CollocationReis mit Gemüse
- Collocationeine Portion Reis
- CollocationReis essen
- CollocationReis servieren
- Sentence patternDer Reis ist schon fertig.
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.
Word family
- Reispflanze
- Reisgericht