Definition
A usually red, juicy fruit eaten raw or cooked and used as a vegetable.
Translations
- English
- tomato
- Français
- tomate
- Türkçe
- domates
- Polski
- pomidor
- Русский
- помидор
- Українська
- помідор
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Tomate
- A1
- Noun
- Food & Drink
tomato
/diː toˈmaːtə/
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
- Tomaten
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A1
- Morphology
- Simple word
- Topics
- Food & DrinkPrimary
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Die Tomate ist reif und süß.NominativSing.The tomato is ripe and sweet.
- Diese Tomate ist noch grün.NominativSing.This tomato is still green.
- Ich schneide eine Tomate für den Salat.AkkusativSing.I cut a tomato for the salad.
- Ich schneide eine Tomate.AkkusativSing.I am cutting a tomato.
- Im Garten wachsen viele Tomaten.NominativPlur.Many tomatoes grow in the garden.
- Wir kaufen reife Tomaten.AkkusativPlur.We are buying ripe tomatoes.
- Der Salat ist mit Tomaten.DativPlur.The salad is with tomatoes.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Tomate/toˈmaːtə/
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Article phrase
die Tomate/diː toˈmaːtə/
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Plural
Tomaten/toˈmaːtən/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Tomate | die Tomaten |
| Akkusativ | die Tomate | die Tomaten |
| Dativ | der Tomate | den Tomaten |
| Genitiv | der Tomate | der Tomaten |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationeine Tomate schneiden
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