Definition
A small drinking vessel, usually with a handle.
Translations
- English
- cup
- Français
- tasse
- Türkçe
- fincan
- Polski
- filiżanka
- Русский
- чашка
- Українська
- чашка
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Tasse
- A1
- Noun
- Home & Household
cup
/diː ˈtasə/
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
- Tassen
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A1
- Morphology
- Simple word
- Topics
- Home & HouseholdPrimary
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Die Tasse steht auf dem Tisch.NominativSing.The cup is on the table.
- Ich stelle die Tasse in die Spülmaschine.AkkusativSing.I put the cup in the dishwasher.
- Ich trinke Tee aus der Tasse.DativSing.I drink tea from the cup.
- Der Henkel der Tasse ist abgebrochen.GenitivSing.The handle of the cup has broken off.
- Die Tassen stehen im Küchenschrank.NominativPlur.The cups are in the kitchen cupboard.
- Wir brauchen noch zwei Tassen für die Gäste.AkkusativPlur.We still need two cups for the guests.
- In den Tassen ist heißer Tee.DativPlur.There is hot tea in the cups.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Tasse/ˈtasə/
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Article phrase
die Tasse/diː ˈtasə/
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Plural
Tassen/ˈtasən/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Tasse | die Tassen |
| Akkusativ | die Tasse | die Tassen |
| Dativ | der Tasse | den Tassen |
| Genitiv | der Tasse | der Tassen |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Prepositional constructionaus der Tasse trinkenaus + Dativ
- Collocationeine Tasse hinstellen
- Sentence patterneine Tasse Kaffee
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 typeSimple word