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 ˈʃpaɪ̯zəkaʁtə/
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
- 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.
- Auf der Speisekarte stehen viele Suppen.DativSing.There are many soups on the menu.
- Die Preise der Speisekarte sind gut sichtbar.GenitivSing.The prices on the menu are clearly visible.
- Die Speisekarten liegen auf den Tischen.NominativPlur.The menus are on the tables.
- Das Restaurant hat zwei Speisekarten.AkkusativPlur.The restaurant has two menus.
- Die Kellner geben den Gästen die Speisekarten.DativPlur.The waiters give the menus to the guests.
- Die Auswahl der Speisekarten ist groß.GenitivPlur.The selection of menus is extensive.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Speisekarte/ˈʃpaɪ̯zəkaʁtə/
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Article phrase
die Speisekarte/diː ˈʃpaɪ̯zəkaʁtə/
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Plural
Speisekarten/ˈʃpaɪ̯zəkaʁtən/
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
- Collocationeine Speisekarte studieren
- Collocationvon der Speisekarte bestellen
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Near-synonymMenü — set menu
Speisekarte and Menü both refer to the selection of food and drinks on offer; Menü can also mean a set sequence of courses.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
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