Definition
A list of the food and drinks offered by a restaurant or café.
Translations
- English
- menu
- Français
- menu
- Türkçe
- menü
- Polski
- karta dań
- Русский
- меню
- Українська
- меню
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Speisekarte
- A1
- Noun
- Food & Drink
- Communication
menu
/diː ˈʃpaɪ̯zəˌkaʁtə/
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
- Speisekarten
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A1
- Morphology
- Compound
- Topics
- Food & DrinkPrimaryCommunication
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Die Speisekarte liegt auf dem Tisch.NominativSing.The menu is on the table.
- Der Kellner bringt uns die Speisekarte.AkkusativSing.The waiter brings us the menu.
- Ich lese die Speisekarte.AkkusativSing.I read the menu.
- Die Bedienung bringt die Speisekarte.AkkusativSing.The server brings the menu.
- Auf der Speisekarte stehen viele Suppen.DativSing.There are many soups on the menu.
- Auf der Speisekarte stehen viele Getränke.DativSing.There are many drinks on the menu.
- Das Restaurant hat zwei Speisekarten.AkkusativPlur.The restaurant has two menus.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Speisekarte/ˈʃpaɪ̯zəˌkaʁtə/
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Article phrase
die Speisekarte/diː ˈʃpaɪ̯zəˌkaʁtə/
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Plural
Speisekarten/ˈʃpaɪ̯zəˌkaʁtn̩/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Speisekarte | die Speisekarten |
| Akkusativ | die Speisekarte | die Speisekarten |
| Dativ | der Speisekarte | den Speisekarten |
| Genitiv | der Speisekarte | der Speisekarten |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Prepositional constructionauf der Speisekarteauf + Dativ
- Collocationdie Speisekarte lesen
- Collocationdie Speisekarte bringen
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.
Formation typeCompound
- SpeiseModifier
- KarteHead