Definition
A period of twenty-four hours or the time between morning and evening.
Translations
- English
- day
- Français
- jour
- Türkçe
- gün
- Polski
- dzień
- Русский
- день
- Українська
- день
GERMAN DICTIONARY
der Tag
- A1
- Noun
- Time & Calendar
- Personal Information
day
/deːɐ̯ ˈtaːk/
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
- Tage
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A1
- Morphology
- Simple word
- Topics
- Time & CalendarPrimaryPersonal Information
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Heute ist ein schöner Tag.NominativSing.Today is a beautiful day.
- Jeder Tag hat vierundzwanzig Stunden.NominativSing.Every day has twenty-four hours.
- Ich arbeite acht Stunden am Tag.DativSing.I work eight hours a day.
- Am Ende des Tages schreibe ich meine Notizen.GenitivSing.At the end of the day, I write my notes.
- Die nächsten Tage sind frei.NominativPlur.The next few days are free.
- Wir bleiben drei Tage in Berlin.AkkusativPlur.We are staying in Berlin for three days.
- Nach zwei Tagen kommt er zurück.DativPlur.He will return after two days.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Tag/taːk/
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Article phrase
der Tag/deːɐ̯ ˈtaːk/
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Plural
Tage/ˈtaːɡə/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Tag | die Tage |
| Akkusativ | den Tag | die Tage |
| Dativ | dem Tag | den Tagen |
| Genitiv | des Tages | der Tage |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Prepositional constructionam Tagan + Dativ
- Sentence patternjeden Tag
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Semantically relatedDatum — date
A Datum denotes the calendar date, whereas a Tag denotes the entire period of 24 hours or the span of time between morning and evening.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeSimple word