Definition
A female child in relation to her parents.
Translations
- English
- daughter
- Français
- fille
- Türkçe
- kız evlat
- Polski
- córka
- Русский
- дочь
- Українська
- донька
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Tochter
- A1
- Noun
- People & Family
daughter
/diː ˈtɔxtɐ/
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
- Töchter
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A1
- Morphology
- Simple word
- Topics
- People & FamilyPrimary
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Unsere Tochter geht schon zur Schule.NominativSing.Our daughter already goes to school.
- Die Tochter ruft ihre Mutter an.NominativSing.The daughter calls her mother.
- Unsere Tochter geht zur Schule.NominativSing.Our daughter goes to school.
- Die Tochter ruft ihre Mutter an.NominativSing.The daughter calls her mother.
- Seine Tochter ist acht Jahre alt.NominativSing.His daughter is eight years old.
- Ich hole meine Tochter ab.AkkusativSing.I pick up my daughter.
- Ihre beiden Töchter spielen im Garten.NominativPlur.Her two daughters are playing in the garden.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Tochter/ˈtɔxtɐ/
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Article phrase
die Tochter/diː ˈtɔxtɐ/
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Plural
Töchter/ˈtœçtɐ/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Tochter | die Töchter |
| Akkusativ | die Tochter | die Töchter |
| Dativ | der Tochter | den Töchtern |
| Genitiv | der Tochter | der Töchter |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationunsere Tochter
- Collocationdie Tochter abholen
- CollocationTochter und Mutter
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