Definition
A drink made by pouring hot water over dried leaves, herbs, or fruit.
Translations
- English
- tea
- Français
- thé
- Türkçe
- çay
- Polski
- herbata
- Русский
- чай
- Українська
- чай
GERMAN DICTIONARY
der Tee
- A1
- Noun
- Food & Drink
tea
/deːɐ̯ ˈteː/
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
- Tees
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A1
- Morphology
- Simple word
- Topics
- Food & DrinkPrimary
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Der Tee muss noch fünf Minuten ziehen.NominativSing.The tea needs to steep for another five minutes.
- Der Tee ist zu heiß.NominativSing.The tea is too hot.
- Am Abend trinke ich gern Tee.AkkusativSing.I like drinking tea in the evening.
- Ich trinke jeden Abend Tee.AkkusativSing.I drink tea every evening.
- Sie kocht Tee für die Gäste.AkkusativSing.She makes tea for the guests.
- Ich möchte Tee mit Zitrone.AkkusativSing.I'd like tea with lemon.
- Im Laden gibt es viele verschiedene Tees.AkkusativPlur.There are many different teas in the shop.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Tee/teː/
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Article phrase
der Tee/deːɐ̯ ˈteː/
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Plural
Tees/teːs/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Tee | die Tees |
| Akkusativ | den Tee | die Tees |
| Dativ | dem Tee | den Tees |
| Genitiv | des Tees | der Tees |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- CollocationTee trinken
- CollocationTee kochen
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