Definition
An organized arrangement of information in rows and columns.
Translations
- English
- table
- Français
- tableau
- Türkçe
- tablo
- Polski
- tabela
- Русский
- таблица
- Українська
- таблиця
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Tabelle
- B1
- Noun
- Communication
table
/diː taˈbɛlə/
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
- Tabellen
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- B1
- Topics
- CommunicationPrimary
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Die Tabelle liegt auf dem Schreibtisch.NominativSing.The table is on the desk.
- Ich öffne die Tabelle am Computer.AkkusativSing.I open the table on the computer.
- Ich füge der Tabelle eine neue Zeile hinzu.DativSing.I add a new row to the table.
- Die Überschrift der Tabelle ist gut lesbar.GenitivSing.The table’s heading is easy to read.
- Die Tabellen enthalten wichtige Informationen.NominativPlur.The tables contain important information.
- Die Tabellen vergleichen die Ergebnisse.AkkusativPlur.The tables compare the results.
- Die Tabellen fehlen in den Berichten.DativPlur.The tables are missing from the reports.
- Die Farben der Tabellen sind unterschiedlich.GenitivPlur.The colors of the tables are different.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Tabelle/taˈbɛlə/
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Article phrase
die Tabelle/diː taˈbɛlə/
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Plural
Tabellen/ˈtabɛlən/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Tabelle | die Tabellen |
| Akkusativ | die Tabelle | die Tabellen |
| Dativ | der Tabelle | den Tabellen |
| Genitiv | der Tabelle | der Tabellen |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Adjective combinationeine übersichtliche Tabelle
- Collocationeine Tabelle erstellen
- Verb constructioneiner Tabelle Informationen entnehmen + Dativ
- Prepositional constructionin der Tabellein + Dativ
- Sentence patternDie Tabelle zeigt die Ergebnisse auf einen Blick.
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Near-synonymÜbersicht
A Tabelle is a structured Übersicht; however, a Übersicht does not have to consist of rows and columns.
- Broader termDarstellung — presentation
A Tabelle is a form of Darstellung of information and is therefore narrower than the hypernym Darstellung.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
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