Definition
A sweet food made mainly from cocoa and sugar.
Translations
- English
- chocolate
- Français
- chocolat
- Türkçe
- çikolata
- Polski
- czekolada
- Русский
- шоколад
- Українська
- шоколад
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Schokolade
- A2
- Noun
- Food & Drink
- Shopping & Money
chocolate
/diː ʃokoˈlaːdə/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- die
- Gender
- Feminine
- Plural
- Schokoladen
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A2
- Topics
- Food & DrinkPrimaryShopping & Money
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Die Schokolade schmeckt besonders gut.NominativSing.The chocolate tastes especially good.
- Ich kaufe die Schokolade für den Geburtstag.AkkusativSing.I am buying the chocolate for the birthday.
- Ich gebe der Schokolade noch etwas Zeit zum Abkühlen.DativSing.I am giving the chocolate some more time to cool down.
- Der Geschmack der Schokolade ist intensiv.GenitivSing.The taste of the chocolate is intense.
- Verschiedene Schokoladen liegen im Regal.NominativPlur.Various chocolates are on the shelf.
- Die Kinder probieren verschiedene Schokoladen.AkkusativPlur.The children try various chocolates.
- Die Gäste schenken den Schokoladen viel Aufmerksamkeit.DativPlur.The guests pay a lot of attention to the chocolates.
- Die Verpackungen der Schokoladen sind bunt.GenitivPlur.The packaging of the chocolates is colorful.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Schokolade/ʃokoˈlaːdə/
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Article phrase
die Schokolade/diː ʃokoˈlaːdə/
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Plural
Schokoladen/ʃokoˈlaːdn̩/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Schokolade | die Schokoladen |
| Akkusativ | die Schokolade | die Schokoladen |
| Dativ | der Schokolade | den Schokoladen |
| Genitiv | der Schokolade | der Schokoladen |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Adjective combinationdunkle Schokolade
- CollocationSchokolade essen
- Adjective combinationheiße Schokolade
- CollocationSchokolade schmelzen
- Prepositional constructionmit Schokolade backenmit + Dativ
- Sentence patternDie Schokolade liegt im Küchenschrank.
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Semantically relatedKakao
Kakao primarily denotes the raw product; Schokolade is the sweet food made from it.
- Related termBonbon
- Narrower termMilchschokolade
Milchschokolade is a particular type of Schokolade and is therefore narrower than the general term.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Word family
- Schokoladenriegel
- Schokoladenkuchen